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§ 10.1-500. Definitions - As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a...
§ 10.1-500.1. Certified mail; subsequent mail or notices may be sent by regular mail - Whenever in this chapter the Board or the Director is...
§ 10.1-501. Duty of the Attorney General - The Attorney General shall represent and provide consultation and legal...
§ 10.1-501.1. Defense of claims - The Attorney General shall provide the legal defense against any...
§ 10.1-502. Soil and Water Conservation Board; composition - The Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Board is continued and...
§ 10.1-503. Administrative officer and other employees; executive committee - The Director shall provide technical experts and other agents and...
§ 10.1-504. Chairman; quorum - The Board shall designate its chairman and may, from time...
§ 10.1-505. Duties of Board - In addition to other duties and powers conferred upon the...
§ 10.1-506. Power to create new districts and to relocate or define district boundaries; composition of districts - A. The Board shall have the power to (i) create...
§ 10.1-507. Petitions filed with the Board - Petitions to modify or create districts, or relocate or define...
§ 10.1-508. Contents and form of petition - The petition shall set forth: 1. The proposed name of...
§ 10.1-509. Disapproval of petition - If the Board disapproves the petition, its determination shall be...
§ 10.1-510. Petition approved; Board to give notice of hearing - If the Board approves the petition, within sixty days after...
§ 10.1-511. Adjournment of hearing when additional territory appears desirable - If it appears upon the hearing that it may be...
§ 10.1-512. Determination of need for district - After a public hearing, if the Board determines that there...
§ 10.1-513. Determination that district not needed - If the Board determines after the hearing, and after due...
§ 10.1-514. Determination of feasibility of operation - After the Board has made and recorded a determination that...
§ 10.1-515. Composition of governing body - If the Board determines that the operation of the proposed...
§ 10.1-516. Status of district directors in event of transfer, merger, or division of districts - In the event of the transfer, merger, or division of...
§ 10.1-517. Application and statement to the Secretary of the Commonwealth - Upon the creation of a district by any means authorized...
§ 10.1-518. Action of Secretary on the application and statement; change of name of district - The Secretary of the Commonwealth shall examine the application and...
§ 10.1-518.1. Secretary to send copies of certificates to State Board of Elections - Whenever the Secretary issues a certificate creating, dissolving, or changing...
§ 10.1-519. Renewal of petition after disapproval or denial - After six months have expired from the date of the...
§ 10.1-520. Contracts to remain in force; succession to rights and obligations - Upon consummation of any transfer, merger, or division, or any...
§ 10.1-521. Determination of status of district boundaries upon annexation or consolidation - Notwithstanding the provisions of § 10.1-507, the Board may, in...
§ 10.1-522. Certificate of Secretary of Commonwealth as evidence - In any suit, action, or proceeding involving the validity or...
§ 10.1-523. Nominating petitions; posting of notice - A. Beginning 30 days after the date of issuance by...
§ 10.1-524. Names of nominees furnished electoral board; how ballots printed, etc. - The names of all nominees shall be furnished to the...
§ 10.1-525. Canvassing returns - The result of the election shall be canvassed and certified...
§ 10.1-526. Persons eligible to vote - All registered voters residing within each county or city or...
§ 10.1-527. Determination of candidates elected - If the district embraces one county or city, or less...
§ 10.1-528. Expenses and publication of results - The expenses of such elections shall be paid by the...
§ 10.1-529. District directors constitute governing body; qualifications - The governing body of the district shall consist of five...
§ 10.1-529.1. Duties of district directors - In addition to other duties and powers, district directors shall:...
§ 10.1-530. Designation of chairman; terms of office; filling vacancies - A. The district directors shall designate a chairman from the...
§ 10.1-531. Quorum and expenses - A majority of the district directors currently in office shall...
§ 10.1-532. Employment of officers, agents and employees - The district directors may employ a secretary-treasurer, whose qualifications shall...
§ 10.1-533. Delegation of powers - The district directors may delegate to their chairman or to...
§ 10.1-534. Information furnished Board - The district directors shall furnish to the Board or Department,...
§ 10.1-535. Bonds of officers and employees; records and accounts - The district directors shall (i) provide for the execution of...
§ 10.1-536. Removal from office - Any district director may be removed by the Board for...
§ 10.1-537. Representatives of governing bodies to be invited to consult with directors - The district directors shall invite the legislative body of any...
§ 10.1-538. District is political subdivision - A soil and water conservation district organized under the provisions...
§ 10.1-539. Surveys and dissemination of information - Districts are authorized to (i) conduct surveys, investigations, and research...
§ 10.1-540. Demonstrational projects - Districts are authorized to conduct demonstrational projects within the district...
§ 10.1-541. Preventive and control measures - Districts are authorized to carry out preventive and control measures...
§ 10.1-542. Financial aid to agencies and occupiers - Districts are authorized to enter into agreements, within the limits...
§ 10.1-543. Acquisition, improvement and disposition of property - Districts are authorized to (i) obtain options upon and to...
§ 10.1-544. Making material and equipment available - Districts are authorized to make available, on terms they prescribe,...
§ 10.1-545. Construction, improvement, operation and maintenance of structures - Districts are authorized to construct, improve, operate and maintain such...
§ 10.1-546. Development of programs and plans - Districts are authorized to develop comprehensive programs and plans for...
§ 10.1-546.1. Delivery of Agricultural Best Management Practices Cost-Share Program - Districts shall locally deliver the Virginia Agricultural Best Management Practices...
§ 10.1-547. Acquisition and administration of projects; acting as agent for United States, etc.; acceptance of gifts - Districts shall have the following additional authority: 1. To acquire...
§ 10.1-548. Contracts; rules - Districts are authorized to have a seal; to have perpetual...
§ 10.1-549. Cooperation between districts - The directors of any two or more districts may cooperate...
§ 10.1-549.1. Virginia Envirothon - Districts in partnership with other districts, agencies, organizations, and associations...
§ 10.1-550. State agencies to cooperate - Agencies of the Commonwealth which have jurisdiction over or administer...
§ 10.1-551. Conditions for extension of benefits - As a condition to the extending of any benefits under...
§ 10.1-552. Renting machinery and equipment - Districts are authorized to rent the machinery and other equipment...
§ 10.1-553. Petition by landowners - Any time after two years after the organization of a...
§ 10.1-554. Hearings - The Board may conduct public meetings and public hearings upon...
§ 10.1-555. Referendum - Within sixty days after a termination petition has been received...
§ 10.1-556. Determination of Board - The Board shall publish the result of the referendum and...
§ 10.1-557. Duty of directors after certification of Board - Upon receiving from the Board certification that the Board has...
§ 10.1-558. Effect of issuance of certificate of dissolution - Upon issuance of a certificate of dissolution, all ordinances and...
§ 10.1-559. Petitions limited to once in five years - The Board shall not entertain petitions for the discontinuance of...
§ 10.1-559.1. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2008, c. 860, cl. 9, effective October...
§ 10.1-560. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2013, cc. 756 and 793, cl. 2.
§ 10.1-572. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2012, cc. 785 and 819, cl. 2.