CHAPTER NUMBER: 508
EMERGENCY BILL
File Code: Hunting and Fishing
Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 493
- Sponsored By:
-
Delegates Schisler, Oaks, W. Baker, Eckardt, Cane, Walkup,
Crouse, and DeCarlo
- Entitled:
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Oysters - Nonnative and Native Species - Research
and Report
Requiring the Department of Natural Resources to authorize a study of
specified nonnative species of oyster; requiring the study to include
a specified analysis and proceed in accordance with specified
findings; authorizing, under a specified circumstance, the research
and experimentation in Maryland waters with live, nonnative oysters;
requiring the Department to ensure that biosecurity measures are
followed in order to ensure that research with nonnative oysters does
not result in de facto introduction of a nonnative species; etc.
House Action
- 1/25
- First Reading Environmental Matters
- 1/30
- Hearing 2/6 at 1:30 p.m.
- 3/5
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Environmental Matters
- 3/6
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/8
- Third Reading Passed (131-0)
- 4/5
- House Concur - Senate Amendments
- Third Reading Passed (137-0)
- Passed Enrolled
- 5/16
- Signed by the Governor Chapter 508
Senate Action
- 3/11
- First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- 4/2
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- 3/31
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 4/1
- Third Reading Passed with Amendments (46-0)
- Sponsored by:
- Delegate Kenneth D. Schisler, District 37B
- Delegate Wheeler R. Baker, District 36
- Delegate Rudolph C. Cane, District 37A
- Delegate James G. Crouse, District 36
- Delegate Diane DeCarlo, District 6
- Delegate Adelaide C. Eckardt, District 37B
- Delegate Nathaniel T. Oaks, District 41
- Delegate Mary Roe Walkup, District 36
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- NATURAL RESOURCES, DEPARTMENT OF
- OYSTERS
- REPORTS
- SUNSET
- Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled (PDF)
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
- Amendments:
- House
- Number: 220915/1 (PDF) Offered on: March 6, 2002 at:
10:20 a.m. Status: Adopted
- Senate
- Number: 114235/1 (PDF) Offered on: April 2, 2002 at:
1:17 p.m. Status: Adopted
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
- House
- March 8, 2002: Third Reading Passed (131-0)
- April 5, 2002: Third Reading Passed (137-0)
- Senate
- April 1, 2002: Third Reading Passed (46-0)