Bill Text: VA HB1629 | 2013 | Regular Session | Prefiled

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Bill Title: Eel pots; authorizes Board of Game & Inland Fisheries to issue an annual permit to use in Back Bay.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2013-03-23 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0706) [HB1629 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2013-HB1629-Prefiled.html

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HOUSE BILL NO. 1629 Offered January 9, 2013 Prefiled January 7, 2013 A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 29.1-416.1, relating to the use of eel pots in the waters of Back Bay. ---------- Patron-- Knight ---------- Committee Referral Pending ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.  That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 29.1-416.1 as follows:

§29.1-416.1. Use of eel pots in the waters of Back Bay and its tributaries.

A. The Board may permit a licensee to use eel pots to take American eels in the waters of Back Bay and its tributaries for sale or private use.

B. The annual fee for a permit to set eel pots in the waters of Back Bay and its tributaries for the purpose of taking American eels for private use or for sale shall be as follows:

1. Eel pots to catch eels for sale, $50; and

2. Eel pots to catch eels for personal use, $17.50.

C. Any nonresident desiring to take or catch American eels in the waters of Back Bay and its tributaries using eel pots shall first pay $350 per year to the Department for a nonresident harvester's permit, unless he has paid a permit fee pursuant to subsection B of §29.1-416. A separate nonresident harvester's permit shall be required for each boat used to take or harvest American eels in the waters of Back Bay and its tributaries, and shall be in addition to any other permit required for the activity involved.