Bill Text: VA SB1725 | 2019 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Stationary blinds in the public waters; waters of Virginia Beach, minimum distance from shore.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-02-19 - Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources [SB1725 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2019-SB1725-Amended.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 in a marked navigation channel on
the site selected. Except in the waters of the City of Virginia Beach and
the Counties of Fairfax, Prince William, and Stafford, the blind or stake shall
not be located less than 150 yards from a riparian owner's shoreline on private
property at the mean low water mark, unless the riparian owner (i) gives
written permission to locate the blind or stake closer to shore or (ii)
declines to file a complaint with the Department regarding the location of the
blind. 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.
