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SB1413

Oyster planting grounds; lease assignments.

Status:
Enacted

Chief Patron:
Monty Mason (D)

Session:
2019 Regular Session

Summary

As Passed Both Chambers. Oyster planting grounds; lease assignments.

Authorizes the Commissioner of Marine Resources (the Commissioner) to decide which area within a riparian owner's waters shall be assigned for planting oysters and removes the $1.50 fee of such assignment. Under current law, such decision is made by the riparian owner. The bill changes various provisions related to oyster-planting grounds, including (i) increasing the application fee for an assignment of general or riparian oyster-planting grounds, (ii) authorizing the Commissioner to consider the public benefits and impacts of shellfish aquaculture or whether a transfer or renewal of an oyster-planting lease is in the public interest when determining whether to allow such transfer or renewal of an assignment, (iii) directing the Marine Resources Commission to adopt regulations related to license renewal fees, and (iv) increasing the application fee for a transfer of an oyster-planting lease. The bill contains an emergency clause. (Less)

  • Bill History

  • 01/08/2019 - Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/09/19 19102274D
  • 01/08/2019 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
  • 01/24/2019 - Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (12-Y 0-N 1-A)
  • 01/24/2019 - Senate: Rereferred to Finance
  • 01/29/2019 - Senate: Reported from Finance (15-Y 0-N)
  • 01/30/2019 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
  • 01/31/2019 - Senate: Impact statement from DPB (SB1413)
  • 01/31/2019 - Senate: Read second time and engrossed
  • 02/01/2019 - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
  • 02/06/2019 - House: Placed on Calendar
  • 02/06/2019 - House: Read first time
  • 02/06/2019 - House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
  • 02/07/2019 - House: Assigned ACNR sub: Subcommittee #1
  • 02/11/2019 - House: House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
  • 02/11/2019 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 0-N)
  • 02/12/2019 - House: Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendments (17-Y 0-N)
  • 02/12/2019 - House: Read second time
  • 02/13/2019 - House: Read third time
  • 02/13/2019 - House: Committee amendments agreed to
  • 02/13/2019 - House: Engrossed by House as amended
  • 02/13/2019 - House: Passed House with amendments (95-Y 0-N 2-A)
  • 02/13/2019 - House: VOTE: PASSAGE (95-Y 0-N 2-A)
  • 02/13/2019 - Senate: House amendments agreed to by Senate (37-Y 1-N)
  • 02/18/2019 - Senate: Enrolled
  • 02/18/2019 - Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1413ER)
  • 02/18/2019 - House: Signed by Speaker
  • 02/19/2019 - Senate: Impact statement from DPB (SB1413ER)
  • 02/19/2019 - Senate: Signed by President
  • 02/20/2019 - Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 20, 2019
  • 02/20/2019 - Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
  • 02/27/2019 - Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 164 (effective 2/27/19)
  • 02/27/2019 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0164)

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