2003 Regular Session

HOUSE BILL 1159

File Code: Hunting and Fishing Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 698
Sponsored By:
Delegates Elmore, Bozman, Cane, Conway, DeBoy, Eckardt, Rudolph, Walkup, and Wood
Entitled:
Natural Resources - Oysters - Power Dredging

Synopsis:

Requiring the Department of Natural Resources to establish zones by regulation in which a person may catch oysters with a power dredge during a specified time period; authorizing the Department to open or close any zone for the catching of oysters by power dredging or the conservation of oysters; prohibiting a specified zone from being established in specified areas; authorizing the Department to set specified minimum and maximum size limits and set a season, day, and time when oysters may be harvested by power dredging; etc.

History by Legislative Date

House Action
3/3
First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
3/7
Re-referred Environmental Matters
Hearing 3/20 at 1:00 p.m.
4/4
Unfavorable Report by Environmental Matters
Senate Action
No Action
Sponsored by:
Delegate D. Page Elmore, District 38A
Delegate K. Bennett Bozman, District 38B
Delegate Rudolph C. Cane, District 37A
Delegate Norman H. Conway, District 38B
Delegate Steven J. DeBoy, Sr., District 12A
Delegate Adelaide C. Eckardt, District 37B
Delegate David D. Rudolph, District 34B
Delegate Mary Roe Walkup, District 36
Delegate John F. Wood, Jr., District 29A
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
CHESAPEAKE BAY
CONSERVATION -see also- SOIL CONSERVATION
DORCHESTER COUNTY
DREDGING
ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS -see also- CONSERV; NAT RSRCES; POLLUT
EQUIPMENT -see also- MOTOR VEHICLE EQUIPMENT
NATURAL RESOURCES, DEPARTMENT OF
NEWS MEDIA
NOTICES
OYSTERS
REPORTS
RIVERS AND STREAMS
RULES AND REGULATIONS
SOMERSET COUNTY
ST. MARY'S COUNTY
SUNSET
TALBOT COUNTY
WICOMICO COUNTY
Bill affects the following Statute:
Natural Resources
( 4-1014.4 )

Documents:

Bill Text: First Reading (PDF), Third Reading, Enrolled
Fiscal Note: Available (PDF)
Amendments: None offered