Bill Text: VA HB1454 | 2017 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: James River; designation portion a component of Scenic Rivers System.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2017-02-23 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0149) [HB1454 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2017-HB1454-Chaptered.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §10.1-413 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§10.1-413. James River State Scenic River.
A. That portion of the James River in Botetourt County,
from a point two miles southeast of the point where Route 43 (old Route 220)
crosses the James River at Eagle Rock and Rockbridge Counties, including
the Towns of Buchanan and Glasgow, from its origination at the confluence of
the Jackson and Cowpasture Rivers running approximately 14 59
miles southeastward to the point where Route 630 crosses the James River at
Springwood Rockbridge-Amherst-Bedford County line is hereby
designated a component of the Virginia Scenic Rivers System.
B. No dam or other structure that impedes the natural flow of the James River in Botetourt or Rockbridge County shall be constructed, operated, or maintained within the section of the James River designated as a scenic river by this statute unless specifically authorized by an act of the General Assembly.
