                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

APPLICATION FOR GENERAL PLANTING GROUND IN CHESAPEAKE BAY; ACREAGE ALLOWED;
ANNUAL RENTAL (§ 28.2-611)

Application for general planting ground in the Chesapeake Bay in waters from
fifteen feet deep or more shall be made to the Commissioner. The Commissioner
shall have the right to accept or reject any application. No more than 5,000
acres may be assigned to any applicant. The assignment shall not interfere with
the established fishing rights. Any such application, surveying, and marking
shall conform to the law pertaining to oyster-planting grounds. The annual rent
per acre in the Chesapeake Bay shall be determined by the Commission, but in no
case shall be less than seventy-five cents annually per acre.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 28-124; 1954, c. 352; 1958, c. 183; 1960, c. 517; 1962,
c. 406, § 28.1-109(10); 1964, c. 393; 1966, c. 684; 1970, c. 726; 1972, c. 644;
1973, c. 14; 1978, cc. 546, 548; 1980, cc. 34, 609; 1984, c. 259; 1992, c. 836.