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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 35 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 1973 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. 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 1988, chapter 891.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":144649,"object_type":"law","relational_id":77216,"identifier":"10.1-634","token":"10.1\/I\/6\/3\/10.1-634","url":"\/10.1-634\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/10.1-634\/","token":"10.1\/I\/6\/3\/10.1-634","dublin_core":{"Title":"Question to be submitted to qualified voters; approval required","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 10.1-634","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>In connection with any <span class=\"dictionary\">referendum<\/span> held pursuant to the provisions of this article, the <span class=\"dictionary\">directors<\/span> shall also provide for the submission of the question involved to the qualified voters of the watershed improvement district and any question required to be submitted to <span class=\"dictionary\">referendum<\/span> hereunder shall only be deemed to be approved, if approved both by vote of the landowners of the district as here above required and by a majority vote of the qualified voters of the district voting in such <span class=\"dictionary\">referendum<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nQUESTION TO BE SUBMITTED TO QUALIFIED VOTERS; APPROVAL REQUIRED (\u00a7 10.1-634)\n\nIn connection with any referendum held pursuant to the provisions of this\narticle, the directors shall also provide for the submission of the question\ninvolved to the qualified voters of the watershed improvement district and any\nquestion required to be submitted to referendum hereunder shall only be deemed\nto be approved, if approved both by vote of the landowners of the district as\nhere above required and by a majority vote of the qualified voters of the\ndistrict voting in such referendum.\n\nHISTORY: 1973, c. 35, \u00a7 21-112.20:1; 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}}