Menhaden; establishes annual harvest quota for portion of Chesapeake Bay. (HB2082)
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Passed Senate |
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Description
Harvest quota on menhaden; penalty. Establishes an annual menhaden harvest quota of 109,020 metric tons for the Virginia portion of the Chesapeake Bay. Fisheries shall receive a credit to be applied in the following year if the actual harvest does not meet the harvest quota and a deduction if the actual harvest exceeds the harvest quota. Orders by the Secretary of Natural Resources setting a date of closure for the fishery will be exempt from the requirements of the Administrative Process Act. Any person harvesting menhaden for reduction purposes after receiving notice that the quota has been met shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. Read the Bill »
Status
02/19/2007: signed by governor
History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 01/08/2007 | Committee |
| 01/08/2007 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/07 070970554 |
| 01/08/2007 | Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources |
| 01/16/2007 | Impact statement from DPB (HB2082) |
| 01/25/2007 | Committee substitute printed 070994554-H1 |
| 01/25/2007 | Read first time |
| 01/26/2007 | Read second time |
| 01/26/2007 | Committee substitute agreed to 070994554-H1 |
| 01/26/2007 | Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2082H1 |
| 01/29/2007 | Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) |
| 01/29/2007 | VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 01/29/2007 | Communicated to Senate |
| 01/30/2007 | Constitutional reading dispensed |
| 01/30/2007 | Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources |
| 02/06/2007 | Impact statement from DPB (HB2082H1) |
| 02/06/2007 | Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) |
| 02/06/2007 | VOTE: (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/07/2007 | Read third time |
| 02/07/2007 | Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) |
| 02/07/2007 | VOTE: (38-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/12/2007 | Enrolled |
| 02/12/2007 | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2082ER) |
| 02/12/2007 | Impact statement from DPB (HB2082ER) |
| 02/12/2007 | Signed by Speaker |
| 02/12/2007 | Signed by President |
| 02/19/2007 | G Approved by Governor-Chapter 41 (effective 7/1/07) |
| 03/13/2007 | G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0041) |