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2018 SESSION
HB 584 Oyster-planting ground; Lynnhaven River and its tributaries.
Introduced by: Robert S. Bloxom, Jr. | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Riparian planting grounds lease; eligibility; Lynnhaven River. Reduces from 205 feet to 105 feet the minimum low-water shore front that makes the landowner eligible to apply for riparian planting grounds assignment by the Commissioner of the Marine Resources Commission. Reduces from 205 feet to 105 feet the minimum low-water shore front that makes the landowner eligible to apply for riparian planting grounds assignment by the Commissioner of the Marine Resources Commission, and provides that an eligible owner with less than 205 feet of shore front may apply for as much as one-quarter acre of planting grounds. The bill maintains current provisions authorizing the assignment of as much as one-half acre for a riparian landowner with at least 205 feet of shoreline. The bill provides that the Commissioner shall assign such ground in the Lynnhaven River and its tributaries only when the assignment is in the public interest.
FULL TEXT
- 01/08/18 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18103573D pdf | impact statement
- 01/31/18 House: Committee substitute printed 18105794D-H1 pdf | impact statement
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/08/18 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18103573D
- 01/08/18 House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
- 01/15/18 House: Assigned ACNRsub: Subcommittee #3
- 01/24/18 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N)
- 01/31/18 House: Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (21-Y 1-N)
- 01/31/18 House: Committee substitute printed 18105794D-H1
- 02/02/18 House: Read first time
- 02/05/18 House: Read second time
- 02/05/18 House: Committee substitute agreed to 18105794D-H1
- 02/05/18 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB584H1
- 02/06/18 House: Read third time and passed House (93-Y 5-N)
- 02/06/18 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (93-Y 5-N)
- 02/07/18 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/07/18 Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
- 02/15/18 Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N)