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SENATE BILL NO. 629 Offered January 16, 2014 A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 29.1-745.1, relating to navigation on certain waters. ---------- Patron-- Marsden ---------- Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 29.1-745.1 as follows:

§ 29.1-745.1. Navigation on certain waters.

No person shall be liable for civil or criminal trespass for travel upon a nontidal river, stream, or creek with a drainage area of at least seven square miles within the Commonwealth if the travel consists solely of floating in or upon the water in a nonmotorized vessel for purposes of recreation. Nothing in this section shall be construed to change existing ownership rights in real property or to allow travel upon any waters where prohibited by law.