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1999 SESSION
HB 579 Oyster and clam aquaculture.
Introduced by: Harry R. Purkey | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Oyster and clam aquaculture. Ensures that riparian landowners in Virginia Beach will have a 50-foot zone from mean low water in which to engage in oyster and clam aquaculture in the water column. The bill does not constitute a grant of a lease of state bottomland for the purpose of harvesting oysters or clams from state-regulated planting grounds.
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HISTORY
- 01/21/98 House: Presented & ordered printed 983127412
- 01/21/98 House: Referred to Committee on Chesapeake and Its Tributaries
- 02/13/98 House: Continued to 1999 in Ches. & Its Trib. (18-Y 0-N)
- 12/16/98 House: Stricken from docket by C.I.T. (13-Y 0-N)