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This law was first created in 1956. 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 1973, chapter 35; in 1981, chapter 156; in 1988, chapter 891; in 1996, chapters 105<\/a> and 819<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":65094,"section_number":"10.1-614","catch_line":"Establishment within soil and water conservation district authorized","order_by":null,"url":"\/10.1-614\/"},{"id":61659,"section_number":"10.1-626","catch_line":"Levy of tax or service charge; when district in two or more counties or cities; landbooks certified to treasurers","order_by":null,"url":"\/10.1-626\/"}],"permalink":{"id":144637,"object_type":"law","relational_id":60643,"identifier":"10.1-631","token":"10.1\/I\/6\/3\/10.1-631","url":"\/10.1-631\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/10.1-631\/","token":"10.1\/I\/6\/3\/10.1-631","dublin_core":{"Title":"Annual tax for payment of interest or to amortize indebtedness or bonds","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 10.1-631","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The governing body of the watershed improvement district shall, if necessary to pay the interest on the indebtedness or bonds<\/span> or to amortize such indebtedness or bonds<\/span>, levy<\/span> an annual tax or service charge in the manner prescribed by \u00a7 10.1-626<\/a> on all the real estate in the watershed improvement district subject to local taxation, to satisfy such obligations. This tax, irrespective of any approvals required pursuant to \u00a7 10.1-614<\/a>, shall be sufficient to pay interest and to amortize such indebtedness or bonds<\/span> at the times required.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nANNUAL TAX FOR PAYMENT OF INTEREST OR TO AMORTIZE INDEBTEDNESS OR BONDS (\u00a7\n10.1-631)\n\nThe governing body of the watershed improvement district shall, if necessary to\npay the interest on the indebtedness or bonds or to amortize such indebtedness\nor bonds, levy an annual tax or service charge in the manner prescribed by \u00a7\n10.1-626 on all the real estate in the watershed improvement district subject to\nlocal taxation, to satisfy such obligations. This tax, irrespective of any\napprovals required pursuant to \u00a7 10.1-614, shall be sufficient to pay interest\nand to amortize such indebtedness or bonds at the times required.\n\nHISTORY: 1956, c. 668, \u00a7 21-112.18; 1973, c. 35; 1981, c. 156; 1988, c. 891;\n1996, cc. 105, 819.","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}}