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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 1966, chapter 11; in 1970, chapter 322; in 2014, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?141+ful+CHAP0805\">805<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":79172,"section_number":"10.1-1126.1","catch_line":"Silvicultural practices; local government authority limited","order_by":null,"url":"\/10.1-1126.1\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":206083,"object_type":"law","relational_id":58655,"identifier":"33.2-408","token":"33.2\/II\/4\/33.2-408","url":"\/33.2-408\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/33.2-408\/","token":"33.2\/II\/4\/33.2-408","dublin_core":{"Title":"Acquisition of adjacent land","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 33.2-408","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>When the <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span> has designated a highway as a <span class=\"dictionary\">Virginia byway<\/span> or as a <span class=\"dictionary\">scenic highway<\/span>, the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner of Highways<\/span> may acquire by gift or purchase such land, or interests therein, of primary importance for the preservation of natural beauty adjacent to <span class=\"dictionary\">Virginia byways<\/span> or <span class=\"dictionary\">scenic highways<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nACQUISITION OF ADJACENT LAND (\u00a7 33.2-408)\n\nWhen the Board has designated a highway as a Virginia byway or as a scenic\nhighway, the Commissioner of Highways may acquire by gift or purchase such land,\nor interests therein, of primary importance for the preservation of natural\nbeauty adjacent to Virginia byways or scenic highways.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 33-43.5; 1966, c. 11; 1970, c. 322, \u00a7 33.1-66; 2014, c.\n805.","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}}