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This law was first created in 1984. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 706 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. Unfortunately, the 1984 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. 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 1988, chapter 891.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1370671,"object_type":"law","relational_id":345849,"identifier":"10.1-205","token":"10.1\/I\/2\/1\/10.1-205","url":"\/10.1-205\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/10.1-205\/","token":"10.1\/I\/2\/1\/10.1-205","dublin_core":{"Title":"Management of False Cape State Park","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 10.1-205","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The Director<\/span> shall adopt measures to safeguard the environment of False Cape State Park. These shall include, but not be limited to, the following: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> Provisions to ensure that adequate drinking water and environmentally sound sewage disposal are provided for visitors to the Park; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> Adequate measures to protect the dunes, wildlife, and sensitive areas of the Park; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> Adequate measures to protect, wherever practicable, nesting areas of sea turtles, beach nesting birds, peregrine falcons, and other endangered species. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The Director<\/span> shall be responsible for providing that law<\/span>-enforcement, fire and rescue services are available for the Park. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> The Director<\/span> shall consider limiting visitors into the Park to less than 2,000 per day if such a lower limit is necessary to preserve the Park environment. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

D.<\/span> The Director<\/span> shall consider further limiting visitors into the Park during certain portions of the year if such a limitation is necessary to preserve the environment of the Park and of the Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

E.<\/span> No motor powered vehicle of any kind shall be permitted upon the land of False Cape State Park except as follows: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> A public transportation system operated by the Department<\/span>, or its licensee or designee, to transport not more than 2,000 persons per day into and out of the Park; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> Official vehicles of the Commonwealth and of the City of Virginia Beach; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> Vehicles engaged in the construction and maintenance of improvements within the Park authorized by the Commonwealth; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

4.<\/span> Police and emergency vehicles; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

5.<\/span> Vehicles for which the operators thereof have been issued permits (i) by the Department<\/span> of Interior, prior to July 1, 1984, pursuant to Public Law<\/span> 96-315 to travel through the Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge and (ii) by the Department<\/span> to travel through the Park. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nMANAGEMENT OF FALSE CAPE STATE PARK (\u00a7 10.1-205)\n\nA. The Director shall adopt measures to safeguard the environment of False Cape\nState Park. These shall include, but not be limited to, the following:\n\n 1. Provisions to ensure that adequate drinking water and environmentally sound\n sewage disposal are provided for visitors to the Park;\n\n 2. Adequate measures to protect the dunes, wildlife, and sensitive areas of\n the Park;\n\n 3. Adequate measures to protect, wherever practicable, nesting areas of sea\n turtles, beach nesting birds, peregrine falcons, and other endangered species.\n\nB. The Director shall be responsible for providing that law-enforcement, fire\nand rescue services are available for the Park.\n\nC. The Director shall consider limiting visitors into the Park to less than\n2,000 per day if such a lower limit is necessary to preserve the Park\nenvironment.\n\nD. The Director shall consider further limiting visitors into the Park during\ncertain portions of the year if such a limitation is necessary to preserve the\nenvironment of the Park and of the Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge.\n\nE. No motor powered vehicle of any kind shall be permitted upon the land of\nFalse Cape State Park except as follows:\n\n 1. A public transportation system operated by the Department, or its licensee\n or designee, to transport not more than 2,000 persons per day into and out of\n the Park;\n\n 2. Official vehicles of the Commonwealth and of the City of Virginia Beach;\n\n 3. Vehicles engaged in the construction and maintenance of improvements within\n the Park authorized by the Commonwealth;\n\n 4. Police and emergency vehicles;\n\n 5. Vehicles for which the operators thereof have been issued permits (i) by\n the Department of Interior, prior to July 1, 1984, pursuant to Public Law\n 96-315 to travel through the Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge and (ii) by the\n Department to travel through the Park.\n\nHISTORY: 1984, c. 706, \u00a7 10-21.3:2; 1988, c. 891.","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"}}