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The Board shall have the power to establish refuges, sanctuaries and public shooting and fishing preserves in these areas, under such regulations as it may deem proper.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":296367,"text":"The Board is authorized to exercise full control of the hunting and fishing rights and privileges in and on all impounded water areas in this Commonwealth resulting from power development; and in all forest and watershed areas in this Commonwealth which are now owned, or which may hereafter be acquired, by the United States government, subject to the rights and power of the United States Department of Agriculture. 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It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 1987, chapter 488.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":192363,"object_type":"law","relational_id":82726,"identifier":"29.1-106","token":"29.1\/1\/2\/29.1-106","url":"\/29.1-106\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/29.1-106\/","token":"29.1\/1\/2\/29.1-106","dublin_core":{"Title":"Forest and watershed areas","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 29.1-106","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span> is authorized to exercise full control of the hunting and <span class=\"dictionary\">fishing<\/span> rights and <span class=\"dictionary\">privileges<\/span> in and on all impounded water areas in this Commonwealth resulting from power development; and in all forest and watershed areas in this Commonwealth which are now owned, or which may hereafter be acquired, by the United States government, subject to the rights and power of the United States <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> of Agriculture. 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The Board shall have the power to establish refuges,\nsanctuaries and public shooting and fishing preserves in these areas, under such\nregulations as it may deem proper.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 29-12; 1987, c. 488.","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}}