CHAPTER NUMBER: 280
File Code: Hunting and Fishing
- Sponsored By:
-
Delegates McClenahan, Bozman, and Conway
- Entitled:
-
Hard-Shell Clams - Harvesting - Size Limit
Altering the minimum transverse dimension that a hard-shell clam may
have for a person to be able to harvest hard-shell clams to
seven-eighths of an inch; altering an exception; allowing 10
hard-shell clams out of each 105 in a person's possession to have a
transverse dimension of less than seven-eighths of an inch; and
establishing a procedure for determining the number of hard-shell
clams in a person's possession that are under a minimum size.
House Action
- 2/12
- First Reading Environmental Matters
- 2/25
- Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/23
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Environmental Matters
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Special Order 3/24 (Delegate Hutchins) Adopted
- 3/24
- Floor Amendment (Delegate Hutchins) Rejected (38-81)
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/25
- Third Reading Passed (130-0)
- 4/4
- Return Passed
- 4/28
- Signed by the Governor Chapter 280
Senate Action
- 3/26
- First Reading Economic and Environmental Affairs
- 3/27
- Hearing 4/3 at 1:00 p.m.
- 4/6
- Favorable Report by Economic and Environmental Affairs
- 4/7
- Favorable Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed
- 4/8
- Third Reading Passed (47-0)
- Sponsored by:
- Delegate Charles A. McClenahan, District 38
- Delegate K. Bennett Bozman, District 38
- Delegate Norman H. Conway, District 38
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- CLAMS
- MEAT, POULTRY, SEAFOOD -see also- CLAMS; CRABS; OYSTERS
- NATURAL RESOURCES, DEPARTMENT OF
- Bill affects the following Statute:
- Natural Resources
- (
4-1031
)
- Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
- Amendments:
- House
- Number: 159689/1 (PDF) Offered on: March 23, 1998 at:
4:52 p.m. Status: Adopted
- Number: 543804/1 (PDF) Offered on: March 24, 1998 at:
11:34 a.m. Status: Rejected
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
- House
- March 24, 1998: Floor Amendment (Hutchins) {543804/1 Rejected (38-81)
- March 25, 1998: Third Reading Passed (130-0)
- Senate
- April 8, 1998: Third Reading Passed (47-0)
