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No tax shall be levied nor service charge imposed under this article unless two-thirds of the owners of land, which two-thirds owners shall also represent ownership of at least two-thirds of the land area in such district, voting in a referendum called and held in the manner prescribed in this article, approve the levy of a tax to be expended for the purposes of the watershed improvement district.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":232890,"text":"A watershed improvement district shall have all of the powers of the soil and water conservation district or districts in which the watershed improvement district is situated, and in addition shall have the authority to levy and collect a tax or service charge to be used for the purposes for which the watershed improvement district was created. 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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 4 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 1981, chapter 156; in 1988, chapter 891; in 1995, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?951+ful+CHAP0654\">654<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":144613,"object_type":"law","relational_id":63948,"identifier":"10.1-625","token":"10.1\/I\/6\/3\/10.1-625","url":"\/10.1-625\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/10.1-625\/","token":"10.1\/I\/6\/3\/10.1-625","dublin_core":{"Title":"Status and general powers of district; power to levy tax or service charge; approval of landowners required","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 10.1-625","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>A watershed improvement district shall have all of the powers of the soil and water conservation district or districts in which the watershed improvement district is situated, and in addition shall have the authority to <span class=\"dictionary\">levy<\/span> and collect a tax or service charge to be used for the purposes for which the watershed improvement district was created. 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No tax shall be levied nor service\ncharge imposed under this article unless two-thirds of the owners of land, which\ntwo-thirds owners shall also represent ownership of at least two-thirds of the\nland area in such district, voting in a referendum called and held in the manner\nprescribed in this article, approve the levy of a tax to be expended for the\npurposes of the watershed improvement district.\n\nHISTORY: 1956, c. 668, \u00a7 21-112.11; 1964, c. 512; 1981, c. 156; 1988, c. 891;\n1995, c. 654.","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}}