OLR Bill Analysis

HB 5809

AN ACT NAMING THE STATE'S SHELLFISH RESEARCH VESSEL THE "JOHN H. VOLK".

SUMMARY:

This bill renames the Department of Agriculture's dedicated research vessel the “John H. Volk. ” (Volk was Bureau of Aquaculture Director for 21 years. ) The bill specifies that the vessel is the one the department uses to survey shellfish in Long Island Sound that is docked at the Bureau of Aquaculture office in Milford. (It is currently named “Yankee Oyster. ”) Under the bill, the new name is valid for at least 20 years and if the current vessel is removed from state service, the next most prominent vessel by size and use that is docked at the Bureau of Aquaculture in Milford must also be named the “John H. Volk” until the state acquires a larger and more prominent research and surveying vessel.

EFFECTIVE DATE: Upon passage

COMMITTEE ACTION

Environment Committee

Joint Favorable