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1998 SESSION
984920749Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 7.1-10.1 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 7.1-10.1. Boundary line between Loudoun County, Virginia, and Jefferson County, West Virginia.
1. A. The boundary line between Loudoun
County, Virginia, and Jefferson County, West Virginia, is hereby, on the part
of this Commonwealth, established and declared to be the [ watershed line of
the top of the ridge of the Blue Ridge Mountains same
] as established by the survey [ ordered
approved by the Commission ] on April 29, 1997, and recorded in the
land books in the courthouses of Loudoun County, Virginia, and Jefferson
County, West Virginia.
2. B. No vested right of any individual,
partnership, or corporation within the territory affected by this act shall in
any wise be impaired, restricted, or affected by this act. This act shall not
be retrospective in its operation nor shall it in any way affect the rights of
any individual, partnership, or corporation in any suit now pending in any of
the courts of this State Commonwealth or of the United
States wherein the cause of action arose over, or is in any way based upon, the
territory affected. This act shall in no wise preclude the Commonwealth of
Virginia from prosecuting any individual, partnership, or corporation for
violation of any of the criminal laws of this State
Commonwealth within the territory until this act shall go into effect.
3. C. The Keeper of the Rolls of the
Commonwealth shall furnish a certified copy of this act to the Governor of the
State of West Virginia and shall also furnish certified copies to the United
States Senators from the Commonwealth of Virginia and to the Representative
from the Tenth Congressional District of Virginia in the House of
Representatives, who are requested to have the act presented to the Congress of
the United States for ratification by the Congress.
4. D. The Commission created by Chapter 181 of
the 1986 Acts of Assembly, and extended pursuant to Chapter 606 of the 1988
Acts of Assembly, Chapter 52 of the 1991 Acts of Assembly, and Chapter 448 of
the 1992 Acts of Assembly, is continued and is directed, in cooperation with
the like Commission created by the State of West Virginia, or other agency
designated by the State of West Virginia for the purpose, to complete its
work, including the recordation of the survey in the Loudoun County Courthouse,
and to survey and erect permanent markers designating the
boundary line set forth in § 1 subsection A. The
markers shall be of the nature and kind the Commission deems appropriate.
E. This section shall become effective upon its ratification and approval
by the [ General Assembly of West Virginia
West Virginia Legislature ] .
2. That an emergency exists and this act is in force from its passage.
3. That the Virginia Boundary Commission is directed to record the survey referred to herein no later than April 1, 1998. Such survey shall take into account KD Map 25A Parcel 2 through which the water shed line runs and shall include such property on the Virginia side of the boundary line.