Bill Text: VA HB1886 | 2011 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Crabbing area; clarifies boundaries where taking or catching of crabs is prohibited.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-03-16 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0217) [HB1886 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2011-HB1886-Chaptered.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia: 1. That § 28.2-709 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows: § 28.2-709. Closed season for taking crabs in certain area; penalty. It is unlawful for any person to take or catch crabs for resale from the following area except during those periods established pursuant to regulations adopted by the Commission. Ownership of a current license to take or catch crabs shall be prima facie evidence that such taking or catching of crabs was for resale. The limits of the area are defined as follows: Beginning at the point of origin of the center line of the
Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel facility where such facility commences in the City
of Norfolk, Virginia, and following the shoreline in a general easterly
direction, and also extending 200' out from the mean low-water mark of such
shoreline into the Chesapeake Bay, to A violation of this section is a Class 3 misdemeanor. |