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§ 10.1-600. Definitions - As used in this article, unless the context requires a...
§ 10.1-601. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1989, cc. 468, 497.
§ 10.1-602. Powers and duties of Department - The Department shall: 1. Develop a Virginia Flood Protection Master...
§ 10.1-603. State agency compliance - All agencies and departments of the Commonwealth shall comply with...
§ 10.1-603.1. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2013, cc. 756 and 793, cl. 2,...
§ 10.1-603.9. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2012, cc. 785 and 819, cl. 2.
§ 10.1-603.10. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2013, cc. 756 and 793, cl. 2,...
§ 10.1-603.15:1. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2013, cc. 756 and 793, cl. 2.
§ 10.1-603.16. Definitions - As used in this article unless the context requires a...
§ 10.1-603.16:1. Certified mail; subsequent mail or notices may be sent by regular mail - Whenever in this article the Board is required to send...
§ 10.1-603.17. Dam Safety, Flood Prevention and Protection Assistance Fund established - The Dam Safety, Flood Prevention and Protection Assistance Fund is...
§ 10.1-603.18. Administration of the Fund - The Authority shall administer and manage the Fund, and establish...
§ 10.1-603.18:1. Deposit of money; expenditures; investments - All money belonging to the Fund shall be deposited in...
§ 10.1-603.18:2. Collection of money due Fund - The Authority is empowered to collect, or to authorize others...
§ 10.1-603.19. Purposes for which Fund is to be used; Authority to set terms and conditions of loans - A. The Director may make grants or loans to any...
§ 10.1-603.19:1. Payments from a developer or subdivider - A. The Authority shall administer and manage deposits made to...
§ 10.1-603.20. Condition for making loans or grants - A. The Director may authorize a loan or grant for...
§ 10.1-603.21. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2006, cc. 648 and 765, cl. 2.
§ 10.1-603.22:1. Pledge of loans to secure bonds of Authority - The Authority is empowered at any time and from time...
§ 10.1-603.22:2. Sale of loans - The Authority is empowered at any time and from time...
§ 10.1-603.22:3. Powers of the Authority - The Authority is authorized to do any act necessary or...
§ 10.1-603.22:4. Liberal construction of article - The provisions of this article shall be liberally construed to...
§ 10.1-603.23. Record of application for grants or loans and action taken - A record of each application for a grant or loan...
§ 10.1-603.24. Definitions - As used in this article, unless the context requires a...
§ 10.1-603.25. Virginia Community Flood Preparedness Fund; loan and grant program - A. The Virginia Shoreline Resiliency Fund is hereby continued as...
§ 10.1-603.26. Deposit of moneys; expenditures; investments - All moneys in the Fund shall be deposited in an...
§ 10.1-603.27. Annual audit - The Auditor of Public Accounts, or his legally authorized representatives,...
§ 10.1-603.28. Definitions - As used in this article, unless the context requires a...
§ 10.1-603.29. Resilient Virginia Revolving Fund - There shall be set apart as a permanent and perpetual...
§ 10.1-603.30. Deposit of moneys; expenditures; investments - All moneys belonging to the Fund shall be deposited in...
§ 10.1-603.31. Annual audit - The Auditor of Public Accounts, or his legally authorized representatives,...
§ 10.1-603.32. Collection of money due to Fund - The Authority is empowered to collect, or to authorize others...
§ 10.1-603.33. Loans to local governments - Except as otherwise provided in this article, moneys in the...
§ 10.1-603.34. Grants to local governments - Subject to any restrictions that may apply to the use...
§ 10.1-603.35. Loans and grants for regional projects, etc. - In approving loans and grants, the Department shall give preference...
§ 10.1-603.36. Loans and grants to a local government for a funding program - Loans and grants may be made from the Fund, in...
§ 10.1-603.37. Pledge of loans to secure bonds of Authority - The Authority is empowered at any time and from time...
§ 10.1-603.38. Sale of loans - The Authority is empowered at any time and from time...
§ 10.1-603.39. Powers of the Authority - The Authority is authorized to do any act necessary or...
§ 10.1-603.40. Liberal construction of article - The provisions of this article shall be liberally construed to...
§ 10.1-604.1. Determination of hazard potential classification - A. The hazard potential classification for an impounding structure shall...
§ 10.1-604. Definitions - As used in this article, unless the context requires a...
§ 10.1-605. Promulgation of regulations by the Board; guidance document - A. The Board shall adopt regulations to ensure that impounding...
§ 10.1-605.1. Delegation of powers and duties - The Board may delegate to the Director or his designee...
§ 10.1-605.2. Certain regulations affecting impounding structures - The Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Board shall, in accordance...
§ 10.1-605.3. General permit for certain impounding structures - A. The Board shall develop a general permit for the...
§ 10.1-606. Local advisory committee - When requested by the governing body of any affected county...
§ 10.1-606.1. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2008, c. 491, cl. 2.
§ 10.1-606.2. Mapping of dam break inundation zones - A. An owner of an impounding structure shall prepare a...
§ 10.1-606.3. Requirement for development in dam break inundation zones - A. For any development proposed within the boundaries of a...
§ 10.1-606.4. Notice to the public - A. When applying to the Department for a permit under...
§ 10.1-607. Safety inspections - No one shall maintain a dam which unreasonably threatens the...
§ 10.1-607.1. Criteria for designating a dam as unsafe - A. Designation of a dam as unsafe shall be based...
§ 10.1-608. Unsafe dams presenting imminent danger - When the Director finds an unsafe dam constituting an imminent...
§ 10.1-609. Unsafe dams presenting nonimminent danger - A. Within a reasonable time after completion of a safety...
§ 10.1-609.1. Installation of IFLOWS gauges - A soil and water conservation district responsible for the maintenance...
§ 10.1-609.2. Prohibited vegetation; certain wetland vegetation allowed - A. Dam owners shall not permit the growth of trees...
§ 10.1-610. Right of entry - A. The Board and its agents and employees shall have...
§ 10.1-610.1. Monitoring progress of work - A. During the maintenance, construction, or alteration of any dam...
§ 10.1-611. Dam safety coordination - The Board shall coordinate all impoundment safety activities in the...
§ 10.1-611.1. Soil and Water Conservation District Dam Maintenance, Repair, and Rehabilitation Fund established; Department to manage; Board to expend moneys; regulations - A. There is hereby created in the state treasury a...
§ 10.1-612. Technical Advisory Committee - The Board shall establish an Impoundment Safety Technical Advisory Committee...
§ 10.1-612.1. Temporary stop work order; hearing; injunctive relief - A. The Director may issue a temporary stop work order...
§ 10.1-613. Enforcement - Any person or legal entity failing or refusing to comply...
§ 10.1-613.1. Criminal penalties - A. It is unlawful for any owner to knowingly: 1....
§ 10.1-613.2. Civil penalties - In addition to or in lieu of any other forfeitures,...
§ 10.1-613.3. No liability of Board, Department, employees, or agents - An owner may not bring an action against the Commonwealth,...
§ 10.1-613.4. Liability of owner or operator - A. Notwithstanding subsection B, nothing in this article, and no...
§ 10.1-613.5. Program administration fees; establishment of Dam Safety Administrative Fund - A. The Board is authorized to establish and collect application...
§ 10.1-613.6. Negotiated settlement agreements - With the consent of any owner of an impounding structure...
§ 10.1-614. Establishment within soil and water conservation district authorized - Whenever it is found that soil and water conservation or...
§ 10.1-615. Petition for establishment; what to set forth - A. Any twenty-five owners of land lying within the limits...
§ 10.1-616. Notice and hearing on petition; determination of need for district and defining boundaries - Within thirty days after a petition has been filed with...
§ 10.1-617. Determination of whether operation of proposed district is feasible; referendum - If the district directors determine that a need for the...
§ 10.1-618. Ballots used in such referendum - The question shall be submitted by ballots, which shall contain...
§ 10.1-619. Consideration of results of referendum; simple majority vote required - The results of the referendum shall be considered by the...
§ 10.1-620. Declaration of organization of district; certification to Board - If the district directors determine that operation of the proposed...
§ 10.1-621. Establishment of watershed improvement district situated in more than one soil and water conservation district - If a proposed watershed improvement district is situated in more...
§ 10.1-622. Inclusion of additional territory - Petitions for including additional territory within an existing watershed improvement...
§ 10.1-623. Governing body of district; trustees - The directors of the soil and water conservation district or...
§ 10.1-624. Officers, agents and employees; surety bonds; annual audit - The trustees may, with the approval of the directors of...
§ 10.1-625. Status and general powers of district; power to levy tax or service charge; approval of landowners required - A watershed improvement district shall have all of the powers...
§ 10.1-626. Levy of tax or service charge; when district in two or more counties or cities; landbooks certified to treasurers - A. On or before March 1 of each year, the...
§ 10.1-627. Collection of tax or service charge; proceeds kept in special account; expenditures from such account - The special tax or service charge levied shall be collected...
§ 10.1-628. Fiscal powers of governing body; may poll landowners on question of incurring indebtedness or issuing bonds - The governing body of any watershed improvement district shall have...
§ 10.1-629. Order authorizing governing body to incur indebtedness or issue bonds - If the owners of at least two-thirds of the land...
§ 10.1-630. Type of indebtedness incurred or bonds issued - The type of indebtedness incurred or bonds issued shall be...
§ 10.1-631. Annual tax for payment of interest or to amortize indebtedness or bonds - The governing body of the watershed improvement district shall, if...
§ 10.1-632. Powers granted additional to powers of soil and water conservation district; soil and water conservation district to continue to exercise its powers - The powers herein granted to watershed improvement districts shall be...
§ 10.1-633. Power to incur debts and accept gifts, etc.; watershed improvement district to have same powers as soil and water conservation district - A watershed improvement district shall have power, as set forth...
§ 10.1-634. Question to be submitted to qualified voters; approval required - In connection with any referendum held pursuant to the provisions...
§ 10.1-634.1. Conduct of referenda - A. Except as provided in subsection B, the referenda authorized...
§ 10.1-635. Power of eminent domain - In addition to any other powers conferred on it by...
§ 10.1-636. Definitions - As used in this article, unless the context requires a...
§ 10.1-637. Fund continued; administrative control - The "Conservation, Small Watersheds Flood Control and Area Development Fund,"...
§ 10.1-638. Purposes for which fund to be used - A. The Board is authorized, with the concurrence of the...
§ 10.1-639. Conditions for making loan - The Board shall authorize the making of a loan under...
§ 10.1-640. Political subdivisions may borrow from other sources - Any entity eligible under § 10.1-638 A may borrow funds...
§ 10.1-641. Powers of Board in aid of the provisions of § 10.1-638 - The Board shall have the following powers to effectuate the...
§ 10.1-642. Record of applications for loans and action taken - A record of each application for a loan pursuant to...
§ 10.1-643. Period of loan; interest rate; loan shall constitute a lien - Any loan made pursuant to the provisions of § 10.1-638...
§ 10.1-644. Recovery of money due to fund - If a borrower defaults on any payment due the State...
§ 10.1-645. Limits on expenditures authorized under § 10.1-638 B; sale of resulting facilities; sale of stored water; renting facilities - Expenditures by the Board for any one facility under the...
§ 10.1-646. Purchase price and terms of sales authorized by § 10.1-645 - When an entity, as the term is used in §...
§ 10.1-647. Disposition of facilities financed under article when part of debt remains outstanding - No facility financed from the revolving fund under the provisions...
§ 10.1-648. Acquisition of lands, easements, and rights-of-way - A. The Board, in addition to the provisions of §...
§ 10.1-649. Sale to Board of property and rights-of-way acquired by condemnation - For the purpose of § 10.1-638 B the Board is...
§ 10.1-650. Definitions - As used in this article, unless the context clearly requires...
§ 10.1-651. Establishment and administration of Program - The Stream Restoration Assistance Program is continued to protect the...
§ 10.1-652. Program applicability - The Stream Restoration Assistance Program shall apply only to natural...
§ 10.1-653. Application for assistance - Landowners who wish to receive assistance under the Program shall...
§ 10.1-654. Damage inspections and reports - A. Upon receipt of an application for assistance, the Board...
§ 10.1-655. Types of assistance - Upon approval of an application for assistance, the Board may...
§ 10.1-656. Board action on assistance requests - The Board shall consider requests for technical and financial assistance...
§ 10.1-657. Account established - An account designated as the Stream Restoration Account shall be...
§ 10.1-658. State interest in resilience and flood control - A. The General Assembly declares that storm events and rising...
§ 10.1-659. Flood protection programs; coordination - A. The provisions of this chapter shall be coordinated with...