CHAPTER NUMBER: 580
File Code: Hunting and Fishing
- Sponsored By:
-
Senator Stoltzfus
- Entitled:
-
Somerset County - Power Dredging for Oysters
Requiring the Department of Natural Resources to adopt regulations
that establish certain zones in which a person may power dredge for
oysters in Somerset County; requiring the Department to designate a
specified area as an oyster sanctuary; prohibiting a person from
catching oysters in the designated oyster sanctuary or in a certain
area closed to hydraulic clam dredging; 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
- Committee Amendment Withdrawn
- Substitute Committee Amendment (Economic and Environmental Affairs) Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/26
- Third Reading Passed (46-0)
- 4/9
- Return Passed
- 5/27
- Signed by the Governor Chapter 580
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 (133-1)
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- CHESAPEAKE BAY
- CONSERVATION -see also- RECYCLING; SOIL CONSERVATION
- DREDGING -see also- WETLANDS
- EQUIPMENT -see also- MOTOR VEHICLE EQUIPMENT
- NATURAL RESOURCES, DEPARTMENT OF
- OYSTERS
- PENALTIES
- REPORTS -see also- RECORDS
- RULES AND REGULATIONS
- SOMERSET COUNTY
- SUNSET
- Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Natural Resources
- (
4-1014 ,
4-1014 ,
4-1014
)
- Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
- Amendments:
- Senate
- Number: 314727/2 (PDF) Offered on: March 25, 1999 at:
11:31 a.m. Status: Withdrawn
- Number: 784128/1 (PDF) Offered on: March 25, 1999 at:
11:31 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 (133-1)
