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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 501 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 1985 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 6 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 1988, chapter 891; in 2003, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?031+ful+CHAP0240\">240<\/a>; in 2017, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0149\">149<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0549\">549<\/a>; in 2018, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?181+ful+CHAP0273\">273<\/a>; in 2020, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0319\">319<\/a>; in 2022, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0175\">175<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":80733,"section_number":"10.1-408","catch_line":"Uses not affected by scenic river designation","order_by":null,"url":"\/10.1-408\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":143887,"object_type":"law","relational_id":67527,"identifier":"10.1-413","token":"10.1\/I\/4\/10.1-413","url":"\/10.1-413\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/10.1-413\/","token":"10.1\/I\/4\/10.1-413","dublin_core":{"Title":"James State Scenic River","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 10.1-413","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The James River in Botetourt and Rockbridge Counties, including the Towns of Buchanan and Glasgow, from its origination at the confluence of the Jackson and Cowpasture Rivers running approximately 59 miles southeastward to the Rockbridge-Amherst-Bedford County line and the James River in Nelson, Appomattox, Albemarle, Buckingham, and Fluvanna Counties from the confluence of Allens Creek running approximately 57 miles to Stearnes are hereby designated as the James State <span class=\"dictionary\">Scenic River<\/span>, components of the <span class=\"dictionary\">Virginia Scenic Rivers System<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nJAMES STATE SCENIC RIVER (\u00a7 10.1-413)\n\nThe James River in Botetourt and Rockbridge Counties, including the Towns of\nBuchanan and Glasgow, from its origination at the confluence of the Jackson and\nCowpasture Rivers running approximately 59 miles southeastward to the\nRockbridge-Amherst-Bedford County line and the James River in Nelson,\nAppomattox, Albemarle, Buckingham, and Fluvanna Counties from the confluence of\nAllens Creek running approximately 57 miles to Stearnes are hereby designated as\nthe James State Scenic River, components of the Virginia Scenic Rivers System.\n\nHISTORY: 1985, c. 501, \u00a7 10-173.9; 1988, c. 891; 2003, c. 240; 2017, cc. 149,\n549; 2018, c. 273; 2020, c. 319; 2022, c. 175.","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}}