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This law was first created in 1997. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 21<\/a>, 625<\/a>, and 626<\/a> 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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":146815,"object_type":"law","relational_id":62236,"identifier":"10.1-2119","token":"10.1\/II\/21.1\/1\/10.1-2119","url":"\/10.1-2119\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/10.1-2119\/","token":"10.1\/II\/21.1\/1\/10.1-2119","dublin_core":{"Title":"Effect of chapter on other governmental authority","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 10.1-2119","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The authorities and powers granted by the provisions of this chapter are supplemental to other state and local governmental authority and do not limit in any way other water quality restoration, protection and enhancement authority of any agency or local government<\/span> of the Commonwealth. All counties, cities and towns are authorized to exercise their police and zoning powers to protect the quality of state waters<\/span> from nonpoint source pollution<\/span> as provided in this Code.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEFFECT OF CHAPTER ON OTHER GOVERNMENTAL AUTHORITY (\u00a7 10.1-2119)\n\nThe authorities and powers granted by the provisions of this chapter are\nsupplemental to other state and local governmental authority and do not limit in\nany way other water quality restoration, protection and enhancement authority of\nany agency or local government of the Commonwealth. All counties, cities and\ntowns are authorized to exercise their police and zoning powers to protect the\nquality of state waters from nonpoint source pollution as provided in this Code.\n\nHISTORY: 1997, cc. 21, 625, 626.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}