Oyster beds; adjustment of boundaries on Eastern Shore. (SB550)
Introduced By
Sen. Ralph Northam (D-Norfolk)
Progress
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Introduced |
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Passed Committee |
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Passed House |
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Passed Senate |
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Signed by Governor |
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Became Law |
Description
Public oyster beds on the seaside of the Eastern Shore; adjustment of boundaries. Instructs the Virginia Marine Resources Commission to adjust the boundaries of the public oyster beds on the seaside of the Eastern Shore using the Baylor survey as a basis. The bill requires the Commission to make its procedures public and sets out the criteria that the Commission must address as it considers any adjustment to the boundaries of the public shellfish beds encompassed within the bill. The bill also instructs the Commission to include or exclude certain bottomlands from the adjusted boundaries and provides considerations for leasing of state-owned bottomlands. View Full Text »
Outcome
Bill Has Failed
History
- 01/16/2012 Presented and ordered printed 12102617D
- 01/16/2012 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
- 01/26/2012 Impact statement from DPB (SB550)
- 01/26/2012 Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
- 01/30/2012 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 1-N) (see vote tally)
- 01/31/2012 Read second time
- 01/31/2012 Reading of amendments waived
- 01/31/2012 Amendments by Senator Northam agreed to
- 01/31/2012 Engrossed by Senate as amended SB550E
- 01/31/2012 Printed as engrossed 12102617D-E
- 02/01/2012 Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
- 02/10/2012 Impact statement from DPB (SB550E)
- 02/13/2012 Placed on Calendar
- 02/13/2012 Read first time
- 02/13/2012 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
- 02/20/2012 Assigned ACNRsub: Chesapeake
- 02/22/2012 Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2013 (5-Y 2-N)
- 02/29/2012 Continued to 2013 in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
- 11/29/2012 Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
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