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2004 SESSION

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SENATE BILL NO. 420
Offered January 14, 2004
Prefiled January 14, 2004
A BILL authorizing the Virginia Marine Resources Commission to convey an easement in the bed of the Mattaponi River to the City of Newport News.
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Patron-- Wagner
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Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. § 1. That the Virginia Marine Resources Commission is hereby authorized to convey to the City of Newport News, its successors and assigns, upon such terms and conditions as the Commission, with the approval of the Governor and the Attorney General, shall deem proper, a permanent easement and right to use subaqueous lands in the Mattaponi River in King William County, Virginia, for the purpose of constructing a raw water intake structure and appurtenances to supply its King William reservoir project, such subaqueous land more particularly being described as follows:

Beginning at a point (herein referred to as Corner 1) at or adjacent to the mean low water mark of the Mattaponi River in King William County, Virginia State Plane Coordinate System NAD83, North 3,778,400.85 East 11,925,914.70, said point being the true point and place of beginning; thence North 32° 06' 31" East a distance of 176 feet to Corner 2 North 3,778,549.55 East 11,926,008.02; thence South 57° 53' 29" East a distance of 250 feet to Corner 3 North 3,778,418.67 East 11,926,219.78; thence South 32° 06' 31" West a distance of 177 feet to Corner 4 North 3,778,266.52 East 11,926,125.55; thence North 57° 29' 58" a distance of 250 feet to Corner 1; such described property contains 0.9 acres, more or less.

The instrument conveying the easement shall be in a form approved by the Attorney General.