Virginia Natural Area Preserves Act

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This is Article 3 of the Code of Virginia, titled “Virginia Natural Area Preserves Act.” It is part of Chapter 2 “Parks and Recreation”, which is part of Subtitle I “Activities Administered by the Department of Conservation and Recreation”, which is part of Title 10.1 “Conservation”. It contains 9 laws.

It’s comprised of the following 9 sections.

§ 10.1-209	Definitions
§ 10.1-210	Additional powers of the Department
§ 10.1-211	Additional duties of the Department
§ 10.1-212	Virginia Natural Heritage Program
§ 10.1-213	Dedication of natural area preserves
§ 10.1-214	Virginia natural area preserves system established
§ 10.1-215	Natural Area Preservation Fund established
§ 10.1-216	Natural area registry
§ 10.1-217	Gifts, devises and bequests