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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 668 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. Unfortunately, the 1956 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 1964, chapter 512; in 1970, chapter 480; in 1988, chapter 891.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":144597,"object_type":"law","relational_id":58708,"identifier":"10.1-621","token":"10.1\/I\/6\/3\/10.1-621","url":"\/10.1-621\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/10.1-621\/","token":"10.1\/I\/6\/3\/10.1-621","dublin_core":{"Title":"Establishment of watershed improvement district situated in more than one soil and water conservation district","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 10.1-621","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>If a proposed watershed improvement district is situated in more than one soil and water conservation district, copies of the <span class=\"dictionary\">petition<\/span> shall be presented to the <span class=\"dictionary\">directors<\/span> of all the soil and water conservation districts in which the proposed watershed improvement district is situated, and the <span class=\"dictionary\">directors<\/span> of all affected soil and water conservation districts shall act jointly as a board of <span class=\"dictionary\">directors<\/span> with respect to all matters concerning the watershed improvement district, including its organization. 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The watershed improvement district shall\nbe organized in the same manner and shall have the same powers and duties as a\nwatershed improvement district situated entirely in one soil and water\nconservation district.\n\nHISTORY: 1956, c. 668, \u00a7 21-112.7; 1964, c. 512; 1970, c. 480; 1988, c. 891.","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}}