Bill Text: VA HB2502 | 2011 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Oysters; measurement standard.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-03-26 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0627) [HB2502 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2011-HB2502-Chaptered.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia: 1. That § 28.2-526 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows: §28.2-526. Oyster measures; standards; penalty. A. 1. One-half bushel or one bushel metallic measures 2. A container of not less than 2,800 cubic inches and not more than 3,000 cubic inches, the make and model of which has been approved by the Commission. Any seller of oysters or oyster shells who fails to furnish at the point of landing a full measure as defined in this section, or a buyer of any seed oysters or oyster shells who accepts less than a full measure as defined in this section, is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. B. Oysters may be sold in containers of a size greater than 18
1/2 inches across the top, C. On the eastern or ocean side of the Eastern Shore, oysters may be sold without being measured if both the buyer and the seller agree to the number of bushels of oysters in the transaction. D. Cultured oysters in the shell may be sold in any measure or container agreeable to the buyer and seller. |