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Repealed by Acts 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 387, cl. 11.

This is a law from the Code of Virginia. This is the actual, unchanged text of one of the many laws that govern Virginia.

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HB1065: Erosion & Sediment Control, Stormwater, & Chesapeake Bay Preservation Acts; integration of programs. (passed)
SB407: Erosion & Sediment Control, Stormwater, & Chesapeake Bay Preservation Acts; integration of programs. (passed)
HB2048: Water quality; transfer of responsibility for administration of programs. (passed)
SB1279: Water quality; transfer of responsibility for administration of programs. (passed)
SB48: Eastern Virginia Groundwater Management Area; prohibition on oil and gas drilling. (failed)
SB48: Eastern Virginia Groundwater Management Area; prohibition on oil and gas drilling. (failed)
HB1836: Natural Resources, Secretary of; changes name to the Secretary of Natural and Cultural Resources.
HB1836: Natural Resources, Secretary of; changes name to the Secretary of Natural and Cultural Resources.
HB1855: Mines, Minerals and Energy, Department of; renamed the Department of Energy.
HB1855: Mines, Minerals and Energy, Department of; renamed the Department of Energy.