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This law was first created in 1974. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 89 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1974 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 1992, chapter 836.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":190705,"object_type":"law","relational_id":66428,"identifier":"28.2-1004","token":"28.2\/II\/10\/2\/28.2-1004","url":"\/28.2-1004\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/28.2-1004\/","token":"28.2\/II\/10\/2\/28.2-1004","dublin_core":{"Title":"Authority to authorize and regulate experimental oyster hatchery program","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 28.2-1004","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Potomac River Fisheries<\/span> Commission<\/span> shall have the power to make, adopt and permit such rules and regulations and to take such action as may be necessary or advisable for authorizing and regulating a pilot program for experimental oyster hatchery seed planting, growing, and harvesting with private planters and public and private scientific agencies engaged in similar work in its jurisdiction<\/span>, and may set aside available barren natural oyster rocks for this purpose and to allow dredging of same for inspection, sampling and harvesting under the supervision and control of the Potomac River Fisheries<\/span> Commission<\/span> and in cooperation with the Maryland or Virginia public scientific agencies, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory and Virginia Institute of Marine Science.\n\t\tThe provisions of this section shall not take effect until a similar act becomes effective in the State of Maryland, whereupon the Governor of Virginia shall issue<\/span> a proclamation declaring the provisions of this section to be effective.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nAUTHORITY TO AUTHORIZE AND REGULATE EXPERIMENTAL OYSTER HATCHERY PROGRAM (\u00a7\n28.2-1004)\n\nThe Potomac River Fisheries Commission shall have the power to make, adopt and\npermit such rules and regulations and to take such action as may be necessary or\nadvisable for authorizing and regulating a pilot program for experimental oyster\nhatchery seed planting, growing, and harvesting with private planters and public\nand private scientific agencies engaged in similar work in its jurisdiction, and\nmay set aside available barren natural oyster rocks for this purpose and to\nallow dredging of same for inspection, sampling and harvesting under the\nsupervision and control of the Potomac River Fisheries Commission and in\ncooperation with the Maryland or Virginia public scientific agencies, Chesapeake\nBiological Laboratory and Virginia Institute of Marine Science.\n\t\tThe provisions of this section shall not take effect until a similar act\nbecomes effective in the State of Maryland, whereupon the Governor of Virginia\nshall issue a proclamation declaring the provisions of this section to be\neffective.\n\nHISTORY: 1974, c. 89, \u00a7 28.1-228; 1992, c. 836 .","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}