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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 220 and 231 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 1987 \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":144787,"object_type":"law","relational_id":65849,"identifier":"10.1-704","token":"10.1\/I\/7\/1\/10.1-704","url":"\/10.1-704\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/10.1-704\/","token":"10.1\/I\/7\/1\/10.1-704","dublin_core":{"Title":"Use of dredged material for beach nourishment; priority","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 10.1-704","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The beaches of the Commonwealth shall be given priority consideration as sites for the disposal of that portion of dredged <span class=\"dictionary\">material<\/span> determined to be suitable for beach nourishment. The Secretary of Natural and Historic Resources shall have the responsibility of determining whether the dredged <span class=\"dictionary\">material<\/span> is suitable for beach nourishment.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nUSE OF DREDGED MATERIAL FOR BEACH NOURISHMENT; PRIORITY (\u00a7 10.1-704)\n\nThe beaches of the Commonwealth shall be given priority consideration as sites\nfor the disposal of that portion of dredged material determined to be suitable\nfor beach nourishment. The Secretary of Natural and Historic Resources shall\nhave the responsibility of determining whether the dredged material is suitable\nfor beach nourishment.\n\nHISTORY: 1987, cc. 220, 231, \u00a7 21-11.16:1; 1988, c. 891; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c.\n401.","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}}