Bill Text: VA SB17 | 2010 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Blackwater River; designates portion thereof as component of State Scenic Rivers System.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2010-03-11 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0139) [SB17 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2010-SB17-Chaptered.html

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CHAPTER 139 An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 4 of Title 10.1 a section numbered 10.1-418.6, relating to scenic rivers. [S 17] Approved March 11, 2010

 

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding in Chapter 4 of Title 10.1 a section numbered 10.1-418.6 as follows:

§10.1-418.6. Blackwater State Scenic River.

The Blackwater River in Isle of Wight and Southampton Counties and the Cities of Franklin and Suffolk, from Proctor's Bridge at Route 621 to its confluence with the Nottoway River at the North Carolina line, a distance of approximately 56 miles, is hereby designated a component of the Virginia Scenic Rivers System. Nothing in this section shall preclude the Commonwealth or a local governing body from constructing, reconstructing, operating, or performing necessary maintenance on any transportation or public water supply project.