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This law was first created in 2016. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 540<\/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":83052,"section_number":"29.1-571","catch_line":"Definition","order_by":null,"url":"\/29.1-571\/"},{"id":86125,"section_number":"29.1-735.2","catch_line":"Boating safety education required; Board to promulgate regulations","order_by":null,"url":"\/29.1-735.2\/"}],"permalink":{"id":193377,"object_type":"law","relational_id":84527,"identifier":"29.1-576.1","token":"29.1\/5\/7\/29.1-576.1","url":"\/29.1-576.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/29.1-576.1\/","token":"29.1\/5\/7\/29.1-576.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Zebra mussels; education program","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 29.1-576.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Director<\/span> shall establish an education program that instructs boaters and other members of the public in methods of preventing or slowing the infestation of the waters of the Commonwealth by zebra mussels, quagga mussels, or other nonindigenous aquatic nuisance species<\/span> as defined in \u00a7 29.1-571<\/a>. The education program may be delivered through the boating safety education program required by \u00a7 29.1-735.2<\/a>, by posting on the Department<\/span>’s website, or by other means, and shall include cleaning and draining guidelines, designated dry times for watercraft and other recreational equipment, and public outreach, including published instructions and training videos.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nZEBRA MUSSELS; EDUCATION PROGRAM (\u00a7 29.1-576.1)\n\nThe Director shall establish an education program that instructs boaters and\nother members of the public in methods of preventing or slowing the infestation\nof the waters of the Commonwealth by zebra mussels, quagga mussels, or other\nnonindigenous aquatic nuisance species as defined in \u00a7 29.1-571. The education\nprogram may be delivered through the boating safety education program required\nby \u00a7 29.1-735.2, by posting on the Department’s website, or by other\nmeans, and shall include cleaning and draining guidelines, designated dry times\nfor watercraft and other recreational equipment, and public outreach, including\npublished instructions and training videos.\n\nHISTORY: 2016, c. 540.","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}}