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Fisheries and Habitat of the Tidal Waters

Passed

P HB 1720

Recreational gold mining. Exempts recreational gold miners from having to obtain a permit from the Virginia Marine Resources Commission if they meet certain conditions.
Patron - Morgan

P HB 1855

Aquaculture. Requires the Marine Resources Commission to develop a general permit for the placement of temporary shellfish enclosures in state waters. The general permit will include provisions to ensure that enclosures may be easily located and removed if (i) a threat to navigation arises, (ii) the enclosure is idle, or (iii) the lease conditions are otherwise violated. This bill is identical to SB 1333.
Patron - Wittman

P HB 1868

Agent's fee for saltwater fishing licenses. Sets the commission fee for license agents who sell the saltwater recreational fishing license and the special combined sportfishing license at an amount equivalent to the amount established by the Board of Game and Inland Fisheries for agents who sell licenses by electronic or computerized means. The bill clarifies that license agents' fees are to be deducted from the saltwater recreational fishing license fees. The bill also removes some administrative procedures required when seeking a reissued license for a second boat.
Patron - Wittman

P HB 1993

Oyster measures. Shifts the measurement of oysters from the point of sale to the point of landing for the purpose of enforcing that the catches are sold by the full bushel or half-bushel.
Patron - Wittman

P HB 2082

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. This bill incorporates HB 1624.
Patron - Wittman

P HB 2203

Conveyance of subaqueous lands. Clarifies that the three parties who were authorized to receive conveyances of parcels of subaqueous lands located in the City of Norfolk in 2006 will not have to pay fair market value for these properties. The bill exempts them from having to pay fair market value because they have paid local real estate taxes on these parcels along with the adjacent upland properties since they have owned the properties.
Patron - Wardrup

P HB 2642

Conveyance of state-owned bottomlands in Hampton. Authorizes the Marine Resources Commission to convey, for fair market value, three parcels of state-owned land consisting of 1,200 square feet, 10,900 square feet, and 22,400 square feet to private parties. The terms and conditions of the conveyance shall be approved by the Governor and the conveyance shall be in a form approved by the Attorney General. This bill is identical to SB 1367.
Patron - Gear

P HB 2782

Conveyance of state-owned bottomlands. Clarifies that it shall be the policy of the Commonwealth to convey only limited interests to state-owned bottomlands covered by state waters and to convey state-owned bottomlands covered by fill provided that such lands were lawfully filled. The provisions of this act become effective on July 1, 2008, and shall not affect any litigation pending on the effective date.
Patron - Morgan

P HB 2990

Conveyance of subaqueous land. Authorizes the Marine Resources Commission to convey a parcel of subaqueous land in the Elizabeth River in Norfolk to a private corporation at fair market value. The terms and conditions of the conveyance shall be approved by the Governor and the conveyance shall be in a form approved by the Attorney General.
Patron - Melvin

P HB 3005

Property conveyance. Authorizes the Virginia Marine Resources Commission to grant easements and rights-of-way to Virginia Natural Gas, Inc., across the beds of the James River/Hampton Roads Harbor and the Elizabeth River Reach for the construction of a natural gas pipeline. This bill contains an emergency clause.
Patron - Jones, S.C.

P HB 3037

Potomac River Fisheries Commission. Raises the daily compensation and reimbursement of Commissioners from $25 to $250; grants Commission retirees eligibility to participate in health and related insurances available to state employees; and extends the regulatory jurisdiction of the Commission to the leasing of bottomlands and water columns in the Potomac River. The bill does not become effective until Maryland enacts similar provisions and the Governors of both states declare the respective acts effective.
Patron - Wittman

P SB 900

Virginia Beach Police Department Marine Patrol and Virginia Marine Police; enforcement of federal security and safety zones and federal restricted areas. Authorizes the Virginia Beach Police Department Marine Patrol to enforce federal security zones, federal safety zones, and federal restricted areas within the tidal waters in the Virginia Beach Police Department's jurisdiction. The bill also makes technical amendments to the Virginia Marine Police's existing authority to patrol and enforce these federal zones.
Patron - Rerras

P SB 1333

Aquaculture. Requires the Marine Resources Commission to develop a general permit for the placement of temporary shellfish enclosures in state waters. The general permit will include provisions to ensure that enclosures may be easily located and removed if (i) a threat to navigation arises, (ii) the enclosure is idle, or (iii) the lease conditions are otherwise violated. This bill is identical to HB 1855.
Patron - Chichester

P SB 1367

Conveyance of state-owned bottomlands in Hampton. Authorizes the Marine Resources Commission to convey, for fair market value, three parcels of state-owned land consisting of 1,200 square feet, 10,900 square feet, and 22,400 square feet to private parties. The terms and conditions of the conveyance shall be approved by the Governor and the conveyance shall be in a form approved by the Attorney General. This bill is identical to HB 2642.
Patron - Williams

Failed

F HB 1624

Harvest quota on menhaden; penalty. Establishes an annual menhaden harvest quota of 109,020 metric tons and allows for a credit to be applied in the following year if the actual harvest does not meet the harvest quota. Any violation of the harvest quota shall be a Class 1 misdemeanor, which is consistent with violations of other menhaden-related provisions in Chapter 4. This bill was incorporated into HB 2082.
Patron - Cosgrove

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