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2006 Special Session I

Budget Amendments - HB5002 (Conference Report)

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MRC & Planting of Asian Oysters (language only)

Item 372 #3c

Item 372 #3c

Natural Resources
Marine Resources Commission

Language
Page 329, after line 33, insert:
"H. Upon the effective date of this act, the Commissioner of Marine Resources shall, as soon as practicable, apply for a permit from the United States Army Corps of Engineers to introduce, on an extensive scale, the oyster Crassostrea ariakensis into the waters of the Chesapeake Bay.  If necessary, the Commissioner shall expeditiously exhaust all administrative appeals and remedies to obtain such permit.  If all such administrative appeals and remedies have been exhausted and the permit described herein has not been granted, the Commissioner shall, as soon as practicable, appeal such denial of the permit in the proper court."


Explanation
(This amendment directs the Marine Resources Commission to seek a federal permit to introduce the oyster Crassostrea ariakensis into the waters of the Chesapeake Bay. If denied a permit, the agency is directed to seek remedy in federal court.)