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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 2 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 1982, chapter 116; in 1992, chapter 836.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":190709,"object_type":"law","relational_id":81560,"identifier":"28.2-1005","token":"28.2\/II\/10\/2\/28.2-1005","url":"\/28.2-1005\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/28.2-1005\/","token":"28.2\/II\/10\/2\/28.2-1005","dublin_core":{"Title":"Authority to regulate dredging of oysters","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 28.2-1005","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The Potomac River <span class=\"dictionary\">Fisheries<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span> shall have the power to make, adopt and publish such rules and regulations as may be necessary or desirable for authorizing and regulating the dredging of oysters in areas of the Potomac River within its geographical <span class=\"dictionary\">jurisdiction<\/span> and may <span class=\"dictionary\">levy<\/span> license and repletion fees for same.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nAUTHORITY TO REGULATE DREDGING OF OYSTERS (\u00a7 28.2-1005)\n\nThe Potomac River Fisheries Commission shall have the power to make, adopt and\npublish such rules and regulations as may be necessary or desirable for\nauthorizing and regulating the dredging of oysters in areas of the Potomac River\nwithin its geographical jurisdiction and may levy license and repletion fees for\nsame.\n\nHISTORY: 1974, c. 89, \u00a7 28.1-229; 1982, c. 116; 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}}