Oysters

State (Maryland)
Maryland 2019 Regular Session

Natural Resources - Prohibition on Dredging Buried Oyster Shells on Man-O-War Shoals [HB-1]
Prohibiting the Department of Natural Resources from dredging buried oyster shells on Man-O-War Shoals; and making the Act an emergency measure.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Stephen Lafferty Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation; Withdrawn on 03/29/2019

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State (Texas)
Texas 86th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to the regulation of oyster harvesting; increasing a criminal penalty. [SB-761]
Relating to the regulation of oyster harvesting; increasing a criminal penalty.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Juan Hinojosa Scheduled For Public Hearing On . . . on 04/01/2019

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State (Texas)
Texas 86th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to cultivated oyster mariculture; authorizing fees; creating a criminal offense. [SB-682]
Relating to cultivated oyster mariculture; authorizing fees; creating a criminal offense.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Lois Kolkhorst Read First Time on 03/01/2019

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State (Texas)
Texas 86th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to prohibitions on the disposition of property interests by navigation districts for certain purposes. [SB-1438]
Relating to prohibitions on the disposition of property interests by navigation districts for certain purposes.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ernest Bailes Effective Immediately on 05/25/2019

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State (Texas)
Texas 86th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to the terms and renewal of oyster certificates of location. [HB-4079]
Relating to the terms and renewal of oyster certificates of location.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Dade Phelan Read First Time on 03/21/2019

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State (Texas)
Texas 86th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to the regulation of oyster harvesting; increasing a criminal penalty. [HB-2321]
Relating to the regulation of oyster harvesting; increasing a criminal penalty.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Geanie Morrison Effective On 9/1/19 on 05/31/2019

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State (Texas)
Texas 86th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to certain offenses relating to disturbing or taking marl, sand, gravel, shell, or mudshell or disturbing oyster beds or fishing waters; increasing the criminal penalty. [HB-2038]
Relating to certain offenses relating to disturbing or taking marl, sand, gravel, shell, or mudshell or disturbing oyster beds or fishing waters; increasing the criminal penalty.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Drew Darby Effective Immediately on 06/10/2019

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State (Texas)
Texas 86th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to cultivated oyster mariculture; authorizing fees; requiring a permit; creating a criminal offense. [HB-1300]
Relating to cultivated oyster mariculture; authorizing fees; requiring a permit; creating a criminal offense.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Lois Kolkhorst Effective On 9/1/19 on 05/24/2019

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State (Texas)
Texas 86th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to the importation of Pacific oysters for sale for consumption. [HB-1098]
Relating to the importation of Pacific oysters for sale for consumption.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ryan Guillen Scheduled For Public Hearing On . . . on 03/26/2019

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2016 Regular Session

Natural Resources - Oysters - County Oyster Committees [SB-964]
Repealing specified provisions of law relating to county oyster committees and a statewide committee of oystermen; requiring the active licensed oyster harvesters of each tidewater county to elect a county oyster committee; authorizing the Department of Natural Resources, on request of a county oyster committee, to take specified oyster harvesting actions by public notice; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jim Mathias Unfavorable Report By Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 03/18/2016

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2016 Regular Session

Oyster Poaching - Administrative Penalties - Gear Violations [SB-957]
Repealing the offense of taking oysters with specified gear in specified areas that is subject to specified enhanced administrative penalties; and establishing the offense of taking oysters with a power dredge in specified areas that is subject to specified enhanced administrative penalties.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Stephen Hershey Unfavorable Report By Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 03/14/2016

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2016 Regular Session

Natural Resources - Oyster Poaching - Administrative Penalties [SB-956]
Repealing the grounds for revocation of an authorization to catch oysters, in accordance with a tidal fish license, for oyster poaching and requiring the Department of Natural Resources, after specified consultation, to adopt regulations establishing the grounds for specified administrative penalties for oyster poaching; requiring the grounds established by the Department to include specified egregious or repeat violations; repealing a time frame within which the Department is required to hold a hearing on specified matters; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Stephen Hershey Unfavorable Report By Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 03/14/2016

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2016 Regular Session

Sustainable Oyster Population and Fishery Act of 2016 [SB-937]
Requiring the Department of Natural Resources, in consultation with the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science to conduct a specified study related to the public oyster fishery; requiring the Department to identify oyster management strategies to promote a sustainable oyster population and fishery; requiring the Department to submit specified reports on the study and specified oyster management strategies to the Governor, the Oyster Advisory Commission, and the General Assembly on or before specified dates; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. John Astle Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 703 on 05/28/2016

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2016 Regular Session

Income Tax - Oyster Shell Recycling - Credit Amount [SB-188]
Increasing the maximum amount of the credit from $750 to $5,000 that an individual or corporation may claim against the State income tax for the recycling of oyster shells; and providing that the Act shall apply to all taxable years beginning after December 31, 2015.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Hearing 2/03 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/03/2016

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2016 Regular Session

Natural Resources - Oyster Poaching - Administrative Penalties [HB-953]
Repealing the grounds for revocation of an authorization to catch oysters, in accordance with a tidal fish license, for oyster poaching and requiring the Department of Natural Resources, after specified consultation, to adopt regulations establishing the grounds for specified administrative penalties for oyster poaching; requiring the grounds established by the Department to include specified egregious or repeat violations; repealing a time frame within which the Department is required to hold a hearing on specified matters; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Carozza Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation; Withdrawn on 03/16/2016

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2016 Regular Session

Oyster Poaching - Administrative Penalties - Gear Violations [HB-918]
Repealing the offense of taking oysters with gear that is prohibited in that area that is subject to specified enhanced administrative penalties; and establishing the offense of taking oysters with a power dredge or other dredge gear in an area reserved for another type of gear that is subject to specified enhanced administrative penalties.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Carozza Unfavorable Report By Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 04/04/2016

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2016 Regular Session

Aquaculture - Liability for Trespass [HB-799]
Establishing that specified persons who enter in a specified manner an area leased to another person for aquaculture purposes and cause specified harm are liable to the leaseholder or any agent, employee, business partner, or contractor of the leaseholder for specified civil damages in the same manner that the persons would be liable to the leaseholder of the lease for specified civil damages.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Anthony O'Donnell Approved By The Governor - Chapter 278 on 04/26/2016

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2016 Regular Session

Natural Resources - County Oyster Committees [HB-758]
Altering the structure, membership, and duties of county oyster committees in the State; repealing specified selection processes and establishing an election process for county oyster committees; requiring the Department of Natural Resources to report to each county oyster committee on or before February 28 of each year, the total amounts of the oyster surcharge and the oyster taxes collected, and the statewide revenues used for activities undertaken to restore and manage the oyster population in the Chesapeake Bay; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Bromwell Unfavorable Report By Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 04/04/2016

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2016 Regular Session

Income Tax - Oyster Shell Recycling - Credit Amount [HB-427]
Increasing the maximum amount of the credit from $750 to $5,000 that an individual or corporation may claim against the State income tax for the recycling of oyster shells; and providing that the Act shall apply to all taxable years beginning after December 31, 2015.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Theodore Sophocleus Hearing 2/16 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/16/2016

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2016 Regular Session

Oysters and Clams - Dredging by Auxiliary Yawl - Authorized Boats [HB-319]
Clarifying that specified provisions of law governing dredging by use of an auxiliary yawl apply only to specified boats; establishing specified standards for dredge boats that harvest oysters and clams by use of an auxiliary yawl; repealing the requirement that specified persons attach specified numbers to specified boats in a specified manner; and making specified conforming changes.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Seth Howard Approved By The Governor - Chapter 260 on 04/26/2016

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