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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?941+ful+CHAP0414\">414<\/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":false,"permalink":{"id":193655,"object_type":"law","relational_id":68939,"identifier":"29.1-735.1","token":"29.1\/7\/3\/29.1-735.1","url":"\/29.1-735.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/29.1-735.1\/","token":"29.1\/7\/3\/29.1-735.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Board authorized to promulgate regulations for seaplanes","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 29.1-735.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span> may promulgate <span class=\"dictionary\">regulations<\/span> governing the takeoff, landing and taxi of seaplanes on impoundments located in the inland <span class=\"dictionary\">waters of the Commonwealth<\/span>, so as to reduce the risks of collision, personal injury and property damage as a result of such operation. Such <span class=\"dictionary\">regulations<\/span> shall not be inconsistent with <span class=\"dictionary\">regulations<\/span> of the Federal Aviation Administration. <span class=\"dictionary\">Conservation police officers<\/span> shall report any alleged violations of federal or state <span class=\"dictionary\">regulations<\/span> regarding the operation of seaplanes or aircraft to the appropriate federal authorities responsible for regulating the operation of seaplanes and aircraft.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nBOARD AUTHORIZED TO PROMULGATE REGULATIONS FOR SEAPLANES (\u00a7 29.1-735.1)\n\nThe Board may promulgate regulations governing the takeoff, landing and taxi of\nseaplanes on impoundments located in the inland waters of the Commonwealth, so\nas to reduce the risks of collision, personal injury and property damage as a\nresult of such operation. Such regulations shall not be inconsistent with\nregulations of the Federal Aviation Administration. Conservation police officers\nshall report any alleged violations of federal or state regulations regarding\nthe operation of seaplanes or aircraft to the appropriate federal authorities\nresponsible for regulating the operation of seaplanes and aircraft.\n\nHISTORY: 1994, c. 414.","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}}