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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 654 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 1964 \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 1968, chapter 659; in 1983, chapter 475; in 1987, chapter 488.<\/p>","references":[{"id":71114,"section_number":"18.2-51.5","catch_line":"Maiming, etc., of another resulting from operating a watercraft while intoxicated; penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-51.5\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":193643,"object_type":"law","relational_id":55333,"identifier":"29.1-734","token":"29.1\/7\/3\/29.1-734","url":"\/29.1-734\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/29.1-734\/","token":"29.1\/7\/3\/29.1-734","dublin_core":{"Title":"Authorization for and placing of markers in waters of the Commonwealth used for public swimming areas; no motorboating, waterskiing in marked area","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 29.1-734","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> Any <span class=\"dictionary\">owner<\/span> of real estate which touches any of the waters of this Commonwealth or the agent of the <span class=\"dictionary\">owner<\/span> may <span class=\"dictionary\">petition<\/span> the <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span> to authorize the placing of markers approved by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span> around a public swimming or bathing area. <a id=\"paragraph-202908\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/29.1-734\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> The <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span>, upon receiving the <span class=\"dictionary\">petition<\/span> and sufficient proof that the water adjacent to the real estate is used in whole or in part as a public swimming or bathing area, may authorize the placement of the markers to designate the area as a swimming or bathing area. <a id=\"paragraph-202909\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/29.1-734\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"C\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">C.<\/span> The cost of the purchase and placement of the markers shall be borne by the <span class=\"dictionary\">party<\/span> requesting the placement of the markers. <a id=\"paragraph-202910\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/29.1-734\/#C\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"D\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">D.<\/span> No person shall <span class=\"dictionary\">operate<\/span> a <span class=\"dictionary\">motorboat<\/span> or manipulate skis within the area of the <span class=\"dictionary\">waters of the Commonwealth<\/span> marked under this section. Persons violating this subsection shall be guilty of a Class 4 <span class=\"dictionary\">misdemeanor<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-202911\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/29.1-734\/#D\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nAUTHORIZATION FOR AND PLACING OF MARKERS IN WATERS OF THE COMMONWEALTH USED FOR\nPUBLIC SWIMMING AREAS; NO MOTORBOATING, WATERSKIING IN MARKED AREA (\u00a7 29.1-734)\n\nA. Any owner of real estate which touches any of the waters of this Commonwealth\nor the agent of the owner may petition the Board to authorize the placing of\nmarkers approved by the Board around a public swimming or bathing area.\n\nB. The Department, upon receiving the petition and sufficient proof that the\nwater adjacent to the real estate is used in whole or in part as a public\nswimming or bathing area, may authorize the placement of the markers to\ndesignate the area as a swimming or bathing area.\n\nC. The cost of the purchase and placement of the markers shall be borne by the\nparty requesting the placement of the markers.\n\nD. No person shall operate a motorboat or manipulate skis within the area of the\nwaters of the Commonwealth marked under this section. Persons violating this\nsubsection shall be guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor.\n\nHISTORY: 1964, c. 654, \u00a7 62-174.5:1; 1968, c. 659, \u00a7 62.1-171; 1983, c. 475;\n1987, 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}}