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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 468 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1970 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1984, chapter 739; in 1985, chapter 346; in 1988, chapter 891.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":143811,"object_type":"law","relational_id":66541,"identifier":"10.1-403","token":"10.1\/I\/4\/10.1-403","url":"\/10.1-403\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/10.1-403\/","token":"10.1\/I\/4\/10.1-403","dublin_core":{"Title":"Hearing","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 10.1-403","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Prior to submitting recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly, the <span class=\"dictionary\">Director<\/span> shall upon request of any interested state agency or political subdivision, or upon his own <span class=\"dictionary\">motion<\/span>, hold a public <span class=\"dictionary\">hearing<\/span> on a proposal to designate a <span class=\"dictionary\">scenic river<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nHEARING (\u00a7 10.1-403)\n\nPrior to submitting recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly,\nthe Director shall upon request of any interested state agency or political\nsubdivision, or upon his own motion, hold a public hearing on a proposal to\ndesignate a scenic river.\n\nHISTORY: 1970, c. 468, \u00a7 10-172; 1984, c. 739; 1985, c. 346; 1988, c. 891.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}