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SENATE BILL NO. 1097 Offered January 11, 2017 Prefiled January 6, 2017 A BILL to amend and reenact § 10.1-413 of the Code of Virginia, relating to James River State Scenic River. ---------- Patron-- Newman ---------- Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources ----------

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.