Nursery stock licenses; renewal, imposes a late fee.
Summary
Imposes a $50 late fee for a nurseryman and $15 late fee for a dealer for failure to renew a nursery stock license within 30 days of the December 31 expiration date. The bill exempts from prosecution for a Class 1 misdemeanor for failure to renew his license under Title 3.2 (Agriculture, Animal Care, and Food) any nurseryman or dealer who pays the late fee imposed by the bill. The bill provides that any nurseryman or dealer who fails to renew his license within 30 days of the December 31 expiration date shall be considered unlicensed.
Bill status
passed
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2018
Committee Review
Feb 2018
Senate Passage
Feb 2018
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2018
Governor
Introduced Jan 16, 2018
Last action Mar 6, 2018
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate. No roll call record of that vote is available.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
15
Key actions
1
Committee
3
Feb 26, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
legislature
Feb 16, 2018
Committee
Assigned ACNR sub: Subcommittee #1
legislature
Feb 5, 2018
Committee
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
legislature
Jan 16, 2018
Committee
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
legislature
Jan 16, 2018
Introduced
Presented and ordered printed 18103921D
legislature
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Dave Marsden
DDemocratic
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