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2019 SESSION

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HB 1779 Riparian planting ground; assignment eligibility.

Introduced by: Robert S. Bloxom, Jr. | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:

Riparian planting ground assignment eligibility. Authorizes the Commissioner of the Marine Resources Commission to assign to a land owner who is eligible to apply for riparian planting grounds only a planting ground that the Commissioner, in his discretion, deems appropriate to encompass as much as one-half acre of ground. The bill authorizes the Commissioner to consider assigning an area that the owner designates within his riparian waters and provides that the assignment shall not extend farther than the nearest edge of the channel or the middle of the body of water, whichever is the shorter distance. The bill removes a provision stating that the fee for such assignment shall be $1.50.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Riparian planting ground assignment eligibility. Reduces from 205 feet to 105 feet the minimum low-water shore front that makes a land owner eligible to apply for riparian planting grounds assignment by the Commissioner of the Marine Resources Commission. The bill provides that in the Lynnhaven River and its tributaries, the Commissioner shall assign to such land owner only a riparian planting ground that the Commissioner, in his discretion, deems appropriate to encompass as much as one-half acre of ground.