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The committees shall assist and advise the Director and the local governing body on the protection or management of the scenic river segment in their jurisdiction. The committees may consider and comment to the Director on any federal, state or local governmental plans to approve, license, fund or construct facilities that would alter any of the assets that qualified the river for scenic designation.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":284690,"text":"In consultation with the Director, local governments shall have the authority, where a committee has not been established pursuant to subdivision A 4 of \u00a7 10.1-401, to appoint a local scenic river advisory committee to advise the local government and the Director in administering that section of designated scenic river within the local government&#8217;s jurisdiction. The committees shall assist and advise the Director and the local governing body on the protection or management of the scenic river segment in their jurisdiction. 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?031+ful+CHAP0240\">240<\/a> 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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":77774,"section_number":"10.1-401","catch_line":"Powers and duties of Director; acquisition of property","order_by":null,"url":"\/10.1-401\/"}],"permalink":{"id":143827,"object_type":"law","relational_id":79470,"identifier":"10.1-406.1","token":"10.1\/I\/4\/10.1-406.1","url":"\/10.1-406.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/10.1-406.1\/","token":"10.1\/I\/4\/10.1-406.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Powers of local governments","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 10.1-406.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>In consultation with the <span class=\"dictionary\">Director<\/span>, local governments shall have the authority, where a committee has not been established pursuant to subdivision A 4 of \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Powers and duties of Director; acquisition of property\" href=\"\/10.1-401\/\">10.1-401<\/a>, to appoint a local <span class=\"dictionary\">scenic river<\/span> advisory committee to advise the local government and the <span class=\"dictionary\">Director<\/span> in administering that section of designated <span class=\"dictionary\">scenic river<\/span> within the local government&#8217;s <span class=\"dictionary\">jurisdiction<\/span>. 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