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2017 SESSION
17102804DBe it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 28.2-600 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 28.2-600. Riparian planting ground assignments; eligibility; fee.
Any owner of land bordering on a body of water in the
oyster-growing area of this Commonwealth whose shore front measures at least 205 105 feet
at the low-water mark, who has not had as much as one-half acre of ground
already assigned him on the front, or whose lease has terminated and is not to
be renewed, may apply for planting grounds to the Commissioner. The
Commissioner shall assign to him such ground wherever the owner may designate
within his riparian waters, provided the ground does not encroach into an
existing oyster-planting ground lease assigned under Article 2 (§ 28.2-603 et
seq.) of this chapter. The fee for such assignment shall be $1.50. Such ground
shall not exceed one-half acre, and shall not be less than 105 feet wide along
the shore, beginning at low-water mark, extending out not more than 210 feet,
or to the middle of the channel or body of water, whichever is the shorter
distance. The grounds shall be surveyed, plotted, marked, assigned, and
recorded as provided for assignments to persons in Article 2 (§ 28.2-603 et
seq.) of this chapter. Any riparian assignment that was duly recorded in the clerk's
office of the county or city where the grounds are located, or at the
Commission office prior to July 1, 1986, shall continue in effect.