Bill Text: VA HB577 | 2018 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Crab scraping; possession of hard crabs.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2018-03-02 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0115) [HB577 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2018-HB577-Chaptered.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §28.2-706 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§28.2-706. Restrictions on crab scraping; penalty.
It is unlawful for any person to:
1. Use a crab scrape having a mouth longer than four feet and a toothed bar;
2. Haul a scrape, except by hand; or
3. Have more than two scrapes overboard; or
4. Possess hard crabs while having a crab scrape on board.
A violation of any provision of this section is a Class 3 misdemeanor.
