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2024 Special Session I

Budget Bill - HB6002 (Enrolled)

Marine Resources Commission

Item 391

Item 391

First Year - FY2023Second Year - FY2024
Administrative and Support Services (59900)$2,920,460$2,920,310
General Management and Direction (59901)FY2023 $2,920,460FY2024 $2,920,310
Fund Sources:  
GeneralFY2023 $2,802,611FY2024 $2,802,461
SpecialFY2023 $117,849FY2024 $117,849

Authority: Title 28.2, Chapters 1 and 2, Code of Virginia.


A. The Marine Resources Commission shall recover the cost of reproduction, plus a reasonable fee per record, from persons or organizations requesting copies of computerized lists of licenses issued by the commission.


B. From the amounts collected pursuant to § 28.2-200 et seq., Code of Virginia, and deposited into the Virginia Marine Products Fund (§ 3.2-2705, Code of Virginia), the Marine Resources Commission may retain $10,000 the first year and $10,000 the second year for the administrative cost of issuing gear licenses.


C. The Virginia Marine Resources Commission shall report by December 15 of each year all projects and expenditures funded from the Virginia Saltwater Recreational Fishing Development Fund. The report shall be submitted to the Chairs of the House Appropriations and Senate Finance and Appropriations Committees.


D. The Commission shall amend § 4 VAC 20-1270 no later than June 30, 2024, to protect Virginia’s Commercial Bait Sector by establishing an amendment to facilitate the purchase and sale of purse-seine bait license and quota. This Emergency Amendment shall be adopted after a 30-day public comment period of a draft amendment. The Emergency Amendment shall be exempt from the provisions of § 28.2-201.8 of the Code of Virginia.