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HOUSE BILL NO. 2077 House Amendments in [ ] -- January 31, 1995 A BILL to authorize the City of Norfolk to declare Pretty Lake a sanctuary for crabs and impose certain restrictions on the [ lake body of water ] . ---------- Patrons--Copeland, Heilig, Jones, J.C. and Robinson ---------- Referred to Committee on Chesapeake and Its Tributaries ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. § 1. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of law, general or special, the governing body of the City of Norfolk, by ordinance, may declare [ the body of water known as ] Pretty Lake, located within the city's boundaries, a sanctuary for crabs and bar all incompatible activities therefrom [ , including commercial crabbing ] . The governing body in such ordinance may also designate navigational channels on [ the lake said body of water ] . The channels so designated, in the discretion of the governing body, may be marked and, if marked, their use enforced by the city.