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| 1 | 1 | 2025 SESSION | |
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| 7 | + | HOUSE BILL NO. 1697 | |
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| 9 | + | Offered January 8, 2025 | |
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| 11 | - | Approved | |
| 11 | + | Prefiled January 4, 2025 | |
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| 13 | + | A BILL to amend and reenact 28.2-314 of the Code of Virginia and to repeal 28.2-315 of the Code of Virginia, relating to fishing with trawl nets and drag nets; shrimp and horseshoe crab; license fee; penalty. | |
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| 21 | + | Committee Referral Pending | |
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| 13 | 25 | Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia: | |
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| 15 | 27 | 1. That 28.2-314 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows: | |
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| 17 | 29 | 28.2-314. Trawl nets and drag nets prohibited; exception; license fee; penalty. | |
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| 19 | 31 | Except as may be provided in 28.2-315, it A. It is unlawful for any person (i) to take or catch fish, shellfish, or marine organisms with a trawl net, drag net, or similar device drawn through the waters by a vessel, boat, or other craft or (ii) to buy, sell, or offer for sale any fish taken or caught in the waters of the Commonwealth, or under the jurisdiction of the Commonwealth, with a trawl net, drag net, or similar device. However, the Commission may issue licenses or permits to take or catch fish, shellfish, or marine organisms with a trawl net, drag net, or similar device within the three-mile limit of the Virginia Atlantic shoreline for the shrimp and horseshoe crab fisheries. | |
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| 21 | 33 | B. The license or permit fee to fish with a trawl net, drag net, or similar device pursuant to subsection A shall be $100 or as subsequently revised by the Commission pursuant to 28.2-201 for each boat so employed. | |
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| 23 | 35 | C. A violation of this section is a Class 1 misdemeanor. | |
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| 25 | 37 | 2. That 28.2-315 of the Code of Virginia is repealed. |