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2014 SESSION
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 29.1-345 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 29.1-345. Stationary blinds in the public waters for nonriparian owners.
Unless a license has been obtained pursuant to § 29.1-344, and
a stake or a blind has been erected and marked within the time stated as
specified in § 29.1-344, in any year, the owners of riparian rights, their
lessees or permittees shall forfeit the privilege of licensing blinds on their
shores and also lose priority for licensing stationary blinds in the public
waters adjoining such shores. Any locations remaining in the public waters
shall belong to whoever first obtains a license and erects a stake or a blind.
The blind cannot shall not be located in water having a
greater depth than eight feet at mean high tide in a marked navigation
channel on the site selected. In addition, the blind must be at least 500
yards from any other stationary blind, and the license for that season must be
properly affixed to the structure. When licensing a stationary blind, the
location of each blind licensed shall be provided as latitude and longitude
coordinates.