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State Law
Controversy exists on whether the proposed swap is legal under state law. Section 7.1-22 of the Virignia Code was amended in 1975 to allow land to be taken out of the Park system without the property reverting immediately to ownership by the Commonwealth. The amendment was deleted from the 1976, 1977 and 1978 Code. Shenandoah National Park Superintendent Robert Jacobsen insisted as late as two weeks ago that the omission was due to a typographical error and that the 1975 amendment allowing land exchanges was still in effect. (Delegate Andy Guest was chief patron of the 1975 amendment. Its sponsors included French Slaughter and current Attorney General Marshall Coleman.)
According to the Office of Legislative Services in Richmond, the 1975 amendment was repealed by the passage of Senate Bill 247 during the 1976 session of the General Assembly. Hunter Andrews introduced the omnibus bill
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