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This law was first created in 2020. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 1185<\/a> and 1186<\/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":270209,"object_type":"law","relational_id":66852,"identifier":"62.1-44.122","token":"62.1\/3.8\/3\/62.1-44.122","url":"\/62.1-44.122\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/62.1-44.122\/","token":"62.1\/3.8\/3\/62.1-44.122","dublin_core":{"Title":"(For contingent effective date, see \u00a7 62.1-44.119:1) Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 62.1-44.122","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

As used in this article, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Department<\/span>” means the Department<\/span> of Conservation and Recreation.\n\t\t“Perennial stream<\/span>” means a body of water depicted as perennial on the most recent U.S. Geological Survey 7-1\/2-minute topographic quadrangle map (scale 1:24,000) or identified by a method, established in guidelines approved by the Department<\/span>, that does not require field verification.\n\t\t“Stream exclusion practice<\/span>” means protection of a body of water by fencing, including temporary fencing, or another physical means sufficient to exclude livestock from such body of water. A stream exclusion practice<\/span> may include designated livestock stream crossings that satisfy criteria established in guidelines adopted by the Department<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\n(FOR CONTINGENT EFFECTIVE DATE, SEE \u00a7 62.1-44.119:1) DEFINITIONS (\u00a7\n62.1-44.122)\n\nAs used in this article, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Department” means the Department of Conservation and Recreation.\n\t\t“Perennial stream” means a body of water depicted as perennial on\nthe most recent U.S. Geological Survey 7-1\/2-minute topographic quadrangle map\n(scale 1:24,000) or identified by a method, established in guidelines approved\nby the Department, that does not require field verification.\n\t\t“Stream exclusion practice” means protection of a body of water by\nfencing, including temporary fencing, or another physical means sufficient to\nexclude livestock from such body of water. A stream exclusion practice may\ninclude designated livestock stream crossings that satisfy criteria established\nin guidelines adopted by the Department.\n\nHISTORY: 2020, cc. 1185, 1186.","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}}