2014 SESSION

Convened January 8, 2014
Adjourned sine die March 8, 2014
Reconvened April 23, 2014
Adjourned sine die April 23, 2014

FISHERIES AND HABITAT OF THE TIDAL WATERS

(P) Passed (F) Failed (V) Vetoed (I) Incoporated into other legislation

(C) Carried over to 2015 Session

Baylor Survey; Marine Resources Commission authorized to reestablish boundaries between holders of leases on private grounds and public grounds. Adding § 28.2-551.1. (Patron-Lewis, HB 845 (Chapter 138))

Bottomlands, submerged; posting of claim. Amending § 28.2-1200. (Patron-Lingamfelter, HB 735 (F))

Channel bass (red drum); repeals an obsolete section restricting taking of bass. Repealing § 28.2-304. (Patron-Knight, HB 909 (Chapter 142); Miller, SB 434 (Chapter 108))

Commercial fishing; Marine Resources Commission authorized to suspend for five years tidal fishing privileges of any commercial fisherman who has violated tidal fishery laws five times or more in a two-year period. Adding § 28.2-232.1. (Patron-McWaters, SB 210 (F))

Home-produced or farm-produced products; sale of products by farm operation employing 10 or fewer people or by private home. Amending §§ 3.2-5101, 3.2-5130, 3.2-5206, 28.2-803, and 32.1-12. (Patron-Bell, Robert B., HB 135 (F); Black, SB 176 (F))

Hunting and fishing license; expands special license for totally disabled resident veterans to include fishing for trout in certain waters. Amending §§ 29.1-302 and 29.1-339.2. (Patron-Farrell, HB 1175 (F))

Hunting and fishing licenses; special licenses for certain nonresident disabled veterans, such veterans not entitled to fish in designated waters stocked with trout by Department or other public body. Adding § 29.1-302.03. (Patron-Cline, HB 991 (Chapter 587))

Hunting, trapping, and fishing licenses and permits; Department of Game and Inland Fisheries authorized to issue licenses valid for one year from their date of purchase or from future effective date. Amending § 29.1-328. (Patron-McWaters, SB 371 (Chapter 255))

Living shorelines projects; regulations for issuance of general permits shall provide for an expedited review process. Amending §§ 28.2-104.1, 28.2-1302, and 28.2-1403. (Patron-Knight, HB 911 (Chapter 143); Stuart, SB 569 (Chapter 112))

Menhaden; commercial fishermen required to report to Commissioner of Marine Resources Commission any release, disposal, or dumping of more than 2,000 harvested menhaden into waters of the Commonwealth. Amending §§ 28.2-241 and 28.2-1204.2; adding § 28.2-408.1. (Patron-Lewis, HB 847 (C))

Menhaden fishery; extends sunset provision for management of fishery. Amending § 28.2-402 and second, third, and fourth enactments of Chapters 59 and 760, 2013 Acts; repealing § 28.2-402. (Patron-Scott, HB 655 (Chapter 133); Stuart, SB 49 (Chapter 104))

Oyster measures; reduces minimum size of container by which oysters in shell may be bought or sold. Amending § 28.2-526. (Patron-Ransone, HB 648 (Chapter 132))

Oyster planting grounds, privately leased; localities prohibited from exercising right of eminent domain to condemn, other than a water-dependent linear wastewater project. Amending § 28.2-628. (Patron-Ransone, HB 1092 (Chapter 591); Stuart, SB 603 (Chapter 162))

Sand replenishment; sand or other material placed on state-owned bottomlands seaward of mean low-water mark in order to provide beach nourishment, etc., public access. Amending § 28.2-1202. (Patron-Stolle, HB 390 (Chapter 234); McWaters, SB 209 (Chapter 106))

Wetland and stream mitigation banks; standards for use and development of wetlands, hydrologic unit boundaries may be adjusted by Department of Environmental Quality. Amending §§ 28.2-1308, 33.1-223.2:1, and 62.1-44.15:23. (Patron-Scott, HB 654 (Chapter 332))

Wetlands; wetlands board shall credit applicant for in-lieu fee payments made to Virginia Aquatic Resources Trust Fund. Amending § 28.2-1308. (Patron-DeSteph, HB 572 (Chapter 131))

York River; Marine Resources Commission, with approval of Governor, authorized to grant and convey, upon such terms and conditions as Commission shall deem proper, easements and rights-of-way across beds, including a portion of Baylor Survey Grounds. (Patron-Norment, SB 467 (Chapter 368))