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Subcommittee tables bill creating trout-access registry and $2,000 tax credit for landowners
Summary
House Bill 1813 would have required the Board of Wildlife Resources to create a trout fishing access-site registry and make participating landowners eligible for a $2,000 tax credit capped at $1 million annually; the subcommittee gently laid the bill on the table.
Delegate Campbell told the Chesapeake subcommittee that House Bill 1813 responds to lost informal access to trout waters by creating a voluntary trout fishing access‑site registry administered by the Board of Wildlife Resources. Under the bill’s proposal, landowners who register qualifying access would be eligible for a $2,000 annual tax credit; the proposal includes a $1,000,000 annual cap and would be awarded on a first‑come, first‑served basis.
The sponsor said the idea grew out of a desire to preserve…
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