File Code: Hunting and Fishing
Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 422
- Sponsored By:
-
Senator Colburn
- Entitled:
-
Dorchester County - Power Dredging for Oysters
Allowing a person to power dredge oysters in waters contiguous to
Dorchester County if the person holds an oyster harvester license and
exchanges the oyster harvester license for the power dredge license;
placing specified restrictions on the power dredging of oysters;
authorizing the Department of Natural Resources to issue licenses and
the Secretary of the Department to adopt specified regulations;
limiting the season when a licensee may power dredge; etc.
Senate Action
- 2/5
- First Reading Economic and Environmental Affairs
- 2/17
- Hearing 3/5 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/24
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic and Environmental Affairs
- 3/25
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/26
- Third Reading Passed (46-0)
- 4/9
- Return Passed
- 5/27
- Governor vetoed - Cross-filed bill was signed
House Action
- 3/26
- First Reading Environmental Matters
- 3/31
- Hearing 4/6 at 1:00 p.m.
- 4/9
- Favorable Report by Environmental Matters
- 4/5
- Favorable Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed
- 4/6
- Third Reading Passed (129-1)
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- CHESAPEAKE BAY
- CONSERVATION -see also- RECYCLING; SOIL CONSERVATION
- DORCHESTER COUNTY
- DREDGING -see also- WETLANDS
- EQUIPMENT -see also- MOTOR VEHICLE EQUIPMENT
- LICENSES -see also- ALC. BEVERAGES LIC; DRIVERS' LIC
- NATURAL RESOURCES, DEPARTMENT OF
- OYSTERS
- PENALTIES
- REPORTS -see also- RECORDS
- RULES AND REGULATIONS
- SUNSET
- Bill affects the following Statute:
- Natural Resources
- (
4-1014.1
)
- Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
- Amendments:
- Senate
- Number: 394620/2 (PDF) Offered on: March 25, 1999 at:
11:27 a.m. Status: Adopted
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
- Senate
- March 26, 1999: Third Reading Passed (46-0)
- House
- April 6, 1999: Third Reading Passed (129-1)