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2014 SESSION
HB 655 Menhaden fishery; extends sunset provision for management of fishery.
Introduced by: Edward T. Scott | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Management of the menhaden fishery. Extends the sunset date for management of the menhaden fishery from January 1, 2015, to July 1, 2016. The bill also allows any person purchasing more than one of the licenses for the same vessel to catch menhaden with a purse net to pay a fee equal to that for a single license. The provisions of the program enacted in 2014 that would be extended include (i) criteria for qualifying for a limited entry purse seine bait license, (ii) allocation of the total allowable landings, (iii) administration of the management program, (iv) reporting requirements, (v) biological sampling, (vi) license fees, (vii) authority of the Commissioner of the Marine Resources Commission, and (viii) annual closure of the fishery. This bill is identical to SB 49.
FULL TEXT
- 01/07/14 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/14 14103509D pdf | impact statement
- 02/20/14 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB655ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/05/14 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0133) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/07/14 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/14 14103509D
- 01/07/14 House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
- 01/15/14 House: Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (21-Y 0-N)
- 01/16/14 House: Read first time
- 01/17/14 House: Read second time and engrossed
- 01/20/14 House: Read third time and passed House (95-Y 0-N 1-A)
- 01/20/14 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (95-Y 0-N 1-A)
- 01/21/14 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 01/21/14 Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
- 02/13/14 Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/17/14 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/18/14 Senate: Read third time
- 02/18/14 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/14 House: Enrolled
- 02/20/14 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB655ER)
- 02/20/14 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/22/14 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/05/14 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 133 (effective - see bill)
- 03/05/14 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0133)