Bill Text: VA HB2658 | 2019 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Stationary blinds in the public waters; minimum distance from shore.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-05 - Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources [HB2658 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2019-HB2658-Introduced.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §29.1-345 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§29.1-345. Stationary blinds in the public waters for nonriparian owners.
Unless a license has been obtained pursuant to §29.1-344, and
a stake or a blind has been erected and marked within the time stated as
specified in §29.1-344, in any year, the owners of riparian rights, or their
lessees or permittees shall forfeit the privilege of licensing blinds on their
shores and also lose priority for licensing stationary blinds in the public
waters adjoining such shores. Any locations remaining in the public waters
shall belong to whoever first obtains a license and erects a stake or a blind.
The blind shall not be located (i) less than 150
yards from a riparian
owner's shoreline at the mean low water mark, unless the riparian
owner gives written
permission to locate the blind closer to shore, or (ii) in
a marked navigation channel on the site selected. In addition, the blind must
shall be at least 500 yards from any other stationary
blind, and the license for that season must shall be properly affixed to
the structure. When licensing a stationary blind, the location of each blind
licensed shall be provided as latitude and longitude coordinates.
