                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE BOARD (§ 10.1-107)

A. The Board shall advise the Governor and the Director on activities of the
Department. Upon the request of the Governor, or the Director, the Board shall
institute investigations and make recommendations.
			The Board shall formulate recommendations to the Director concerning:

   1. Requests for grants or loans pertaining to outdoor recreation.

   2. Designation of recreational sites eligible for recreational access road
   funds.

   3. Designations proposed for scenic rivers, scenic highways, and Virginia
   byways.

   4. Acquisition of real property by fee simple or other interests in property
   for the Department including, but not limited to, state parks, state
   recreational areas, state trails, greenways, natural areas and natural area
   preserves, and other lands of biological, environmental, historical,
   recreational, or scientific interest.

   5. Acquisition of bequests, devises, and gifts of real and personal property,
   and the interest and income derived therefrom.

   6. Stage one and stage two plans, master plans, and amendments to master plans
   as provided in &#xA7; 10.1-200.1.

B. The Board shall have the authority to promulgate regulations necessary for
the execution of the Public Beach Conservation and Development Act, Article 2
(&#xA7; 10.1-705 et seq.) of Chapter 7 of this title.

C. The Board shall assist the Department in the duties and responsibilities
described in Subtitle I (&#xA7; 10.1-100 et seq.) of Title 10.1.

D. The Board is authorized to conduct fund-raising activities as deemed
appropriate and will deposit such revenue into the State Parks Projects Fund
pursuant to subsection C of &#xA7; 10.1-202.

E. The Board shall advise the Governor and the Director concerning the
protection or management of the Virginia Scenic Rivers System as defined in
&#xA7; 10.1-400. Upon the request of the Governor, or the Director, the Board
shall institute investigations and make recommendations. The Board shall have
general powers and duties to (i) advise the Director on the appointment of
Scenic River Advisory Committees or other local or regional committees pursuant
to &#xA7; 10.1-401; (ii) formulate recommendations concerning designations for
proposed scenic rivers or extensions of existing scenic rivers; (iii) consider
and comment to the Director on any federal, state, or local governmental plans
to approve, license, fund, or construct facilities that would alter any of the
assets that qualified the river for scenic designation; (iv) assist the Director
in reviewing and making recommendations regarding all planning for the use and
development of water and related land resources including the construction of
impoundments, diversions, roadways, crossings, channels, locks, canals, or other
uses that change the character of a stream or waterway or destroy its scenic
assets, so that full consideration and evaluation of the river as a scenic
resource will be given before alternative plans for use and development are
approved; (v) assist the Director in preserving and protecting the natural
beauty of the scenic rivers, assuring the use and enjoyment of scenic rivers for
fish and wildlife, scenic, recreational, geologic, historic, cultural, or other
assets, and encouraging the continuance of existing agricultural, horticultural,
forestal and open space land and water uses; (vi) advise the Director and the
affected local jurisdiction on the impacts of proposed uses of each scenic river
and its related land resources; and (vii) assist local governments in solving
problems associated with the Virginia Scenic Rivers System, in consultation with
the Director.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 10-12; 1958, c. 427; 1962, c. 355; 1984, c. 750; 1988, c.
891; 1991, c. 84; 1998, c. 780; 2003, cc. 79, 89; 2005, cc. 25, 102; 2009, c.
856; 2012, cc. 803, 835; 2023, c. 194.