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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. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2013, chapters 756<\/a> and 793<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":146835,"object_type":"law","relational_id":60242,"identifier":"10.1-2123","token":"10.1\/II\/21.1\/3\/10.1-2123","url":"\/10.1-2123\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/10.1-2123\/","token":"10.1\/II\/21.1\/3\/10.1-2123","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 10.1-2123","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

As used in this article, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Board<\/span>” means the State Water Control Board<\/span>.\n\t\t“Department<\/span>” means the Department<\/span> of Environmental Quality.\n\t\t“Director<\/span>” means the Director<\/span> of the Department<\/span> of Environmental Quality.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITIONS (\u00a7 10.1-2123)\n\nAs used in this article, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Board” means the State Water Control Board.\n\t\t“Department” means the Department of Environmental Quality.\n\t\t“Director” means the Director of the Department of Environmental\nQuality.\n\nHISTORY: 1997, cc. 21, 625, 626; 2013, cc. 756, 793.","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}}