Virginia House Bill 285 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 2 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-02-16 - Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
Pending: House Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Dredging projects in certain oyster grounds. Allows dredging projects to occur that improve, deepen, or restore navigation channels in the waters of the Lynnhaven River and its creeks and tributaries in specific areas approved by the Virginia Marine Resources Commission (VMRC) so long as the project is designed to minimize the impact on oyster-producing beds. If a disturbance of any bed cannot be avoided, the bill requires the person conducting the dredging to pay (i) the costs of relocating the oyster material or (ii) the leaseholder for any loss of oysters that are in production, in an amount to be determined by the VMRC.

Oyster grounds; dredging projects in waters of Lynnhaven River.

Del. Christopher Stolle [R]

Del. Barry Knight [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-02-16	House	Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
2016-02-04	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table by voice vote
2016-01-13	House	Assigned ACNR sub: Chesapeake
2016-01-02	House	Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
2016-01-02	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16102570D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
28	2	618	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+sum+HB285
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+HB285+hil