republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/sb-702.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Marine Resources Commission; permit fees, pier application, oyster fund."
description: "Marine Resources Commission permit fees; pier application; oyster fund. Requires the submission of an application to the Marine Resources Commission for review and processing prior to the construction of a private pier by an owner of riparian land. The bill creates a nonrefundable processing fee of $100 to accompany each such application and each application submitted to the Commission for a permit to use state-owned submerged lands. The bill increases permit fees for the use of such bottomlands from $25 to $100 for projects costing no more than $10,000 and from $100 to $300 for projects costing more than $10,000 but, under the bill, no more than $500,000 and imposes a fee of $600 for a new category of projects costing more than $500,000. The bill increases the range of royalties for the removal of bottom material from $0.20-$0.60 per cubic yard to $0.40-$0.80. The bill authorizes the Commission to increase or decrease fees every three years for certain marine habitat applications, permits, leases, rents, and royalties at a rate no greater than the change in the Consumer Price Index. Finally, the bill establishes the Oyster Leasing, Conservation, and Repletion Programs Fund for the purpose of administering the Commission's oyster ground leasing program and its oyster conservation and repletion program. The provisions of the bill are contingent on funding in a general appropriation act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 702"
citation: "Virginia SB 702 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["T. Montgomery \"Monty\" Mason"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 41
vote_count: 12
first_action: "2020-01-07"
last_action: "2020-04-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/97785be7-6fa9-4d05-8903-e3125c59ae3f"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB702"
source_hash: "39607c9a6363f8749ada50eaf43b920317da018ad809e4c5eb1ffd15da39fe55"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia SB 702 (2020) — Marine Resources Commission; permit fees, pier application, oyster fund.

Marine Resources Commission permit fees; pier application; oyster fund. Requires the submission of an application to the Marine Resources Commission for review and processing prior to the construction of a private pier by an owner of riparian land. The bill creates a nonrefundable processing fee of $100 to accompany each such application and each application submitted to the Commission for a permit to use state-owned submerged lands. The bill increases permit fees for the use of such bottomlands from $25 to $100 for projects costing no more than $10,000 and from $100 to $300 for projects costing more than $10,000 but, under the bill, no more than $500,000 and imposes a fee of $600 for a new category of projects costing more than $500,000. The bill increases the range of royalties for the removal of bottom material from $0.20-$0.60 per cubic yard to $0.40-$0.80. The bill authorizes the Commission to increase or decrease fees every three years for certain marine habitat applications, permits, leases, rents, and royalties at a rate no greater than the change in the Consumer Price Index. Finally, the bill establishes the Oyster Leasing, Conservation, and Repletion Programs Fund for the purpose of administering the Commission's oyster ground leasing program and its oyster conservation and repletion program. The provisions of the bill are contingent on funding in a general appropriation act.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0806)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0806)
2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB702ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB702ER)
3. **Engrossed by Senate as amended SB702E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB702E)
4. **Impact statement from DPB (SB702)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB702)

## Votes

- Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (16-Y 0-N) — **16–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Appropriations (13-Y 9-N) — **13–9** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (53-Y 47-N) — **52–47** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (5-Y 3-N) — **5–3** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (26-Y 14-N) — **26–14** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendment (12-Y 10-N) — **12–10** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (25-Y 15-N) — **25–15** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (10-Y 5-N) — **10–5** (pass) · upper
- House amendment agreed to by Senate (34-Y 5-N) — **34–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- T. Montgomery "Monty" Mason — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2020-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102953D `introduction`
- **2020-01-07** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-21** Impact statement from DPB (SB702)
- **2020-02-04** Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (10-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-04** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-06** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (16-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-10** Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-11** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-11** Reading of amendment waived
- **2020-02-11** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2020-02-11** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB702E
- **2020-02-11** Printed as engrossed 20102953D-E
- **2020-02-11** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-11** Passed Senate (26-Y 14-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-11** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-11** Passed Senate (25-Y 15-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-14** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-02-14** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-14** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-14** Assigned ACNR sub: Chesapeake `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-17** Impact statement from DPB (SB702E)
- **2020-02-17** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (5-Y 3-N)
- **2020-02-19** Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendment (12-Y 10-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-21** Motion to refer to committee agreed to
- **2020-02-21** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-21** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-21** Reported from Appropriations (13-Y 9-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-25** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-26** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-26** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2020-02-26** Engrossed by House as amended
- **2020-02-26** Passed House with amendment (53-Y 47-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-26** VOTE: Passage (53-Y 47-N)
- **2020-02-26** House amendment agreed to by Senate (34-Y 5-N)
- **2020-03-04** Enrolled
- **2020-03-04** Impact statement from DPB (SB702ER)
- **2020-03-05** Signed by President
- **2020-03-06** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-12** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
- **2020-03-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- **2020-04-07** Approved by Governor-Chapter 806 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/97785be7-6fa9-4d05-8903-e3125c59ae3f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).