28.2-505 - Sale of shells to Commission.
§ 28.2-505. Sale of shells to Commission.
A. Each shucker or packer of oysters shall sell to the Commission at theprevailing market price up to twenty percent of the shells, unless the shellsare planted in Virginia waters.
B. On or before December 1 of each year, the Commission shall notify eachshucker or packer whether it will purchase by the following June 1 the shellsso set aside. If notice is not given, the shucker or packer may dispose ofsuch shells as he sees fit.
(Code 1950, § 28-190.1; 1952, c. 648; 1962, c. 406, § 28.1-142; 1992, c. 836.)