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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?101+ful+CHAP0232\">232<\/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. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 2018, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?181+ful+CHAP0273\">273<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1370969,"object_type":"law","relational_id":345995,"identifier":"10.1-418.8","token":"10.1\/I\/4\/10.1-418.8","url":"\/10.1-418.8\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/10.1-418.8\/","token":"10.1\/I\/4\/10.1-418.8","dublin_core":{"Title":"Hughes State Scenic River","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 10.1-418.8","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The Hughes River in Culpeper, Madison, and Rappahannock Counties from the Shenandoah National Park line in Madison County to its confluence with the Hazel River, a distance of approximately 10 miles, is hereby designated as the Hughes State <span class=\"dictionary\">Scenic River<\/span>, a component of the <span class=\"dictionary\">Virginia Scenic Rivers System<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nHUGHES STATE SCENIC RIVER (\u00a7 10.1-418.8)\n\nThe Hughes River in Culpeper, Madison, and Rappahannock Counties from the\nShenandoah National Park line in Madison County to its confluence with the Hazel\nRiver, a distance of approximately 10 miles, is hereby designated as the Hughes\nState Scenic River, a component of the Virginia Scenic Rivers System.\n\nHISTORY: 2010, c. 232; 2018, c. 273.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}