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This law was first created in 1976. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 69 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 1976 \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 1997, chapter 587<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":84686,"section_number":"15.2-2134","catch_line":"Construction of dams, etc., for purpose of providing public water supply; approval by governing body of locality","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-2134\/"},{"id":74755,"section_number":"15.2-2141","catch_line":"Conflicting petitions for same territory; petition seeking territory in two or more counties","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-2141\/"},{"id":79220,"section_number":"15.2-2142","catch_line":"Certain localities may construct dams across navigable streams; permission from Chief of Engineers, Secretary of Army and State Attorney General; approval of governing body","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-2142\/"},{"id":65184,"section_number":"15.2-2143","catch_line":"Water supplies and facilities","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-2143\/"},{"id":67271,"section_number":"15.2-5122","catch_line":"Approval for certain water supply impoundment facilities","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-5122\/"},{"id":81962,"section_number":"15.2-5425","catch_line":"Eminent domain","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-5425\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":154683,"object_type":"law","relational_id":65586,"identifier":"15.2-2135","token":"15.2\/II\/21\/5\/15.2-2135","url":"\/15.2-2135\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-2135\/","token":"15.2\/II\/21\/5\/15.2-2135","dublin_core":{"Title":"Disputes between jurisdictions involving dams or water impoundment; constitution of special court; vacancies occurring during trial","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-2135","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The special court<\/span> to hear a case between jurisdictions<\/span> involving a dam or water impoundment shall be composed of three judges<\/span> of circuit<\/span> courts<\/span> remote from the jurisdictions<\/span> of the parties involved. The judges<\/span> shall be designated by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court<\/span> of Virginia. The special court<\/span> shall sit without a jury<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> If a vacancy occurs on the special court<\/span> at any time prior to the final disposition<\/span> of the case, the vacancy shall be filled by designation of another judge<\/span> and the proceeding shall continue. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDISPUTES BETWEEN JURISDICTIONS INVOLVING DAMS OR WATER IMPOUNDMENT; CONSTITUTION\nOF SPECIAL COURT; VACANCIES OCCURRING DURING TRIAL (\u00a7 15.2-2135)\n\nA. The special court to hear a case between jurisdictions involving a dam or\nwater impoundment shall be composed of three judges of circuit courts remote\nfrom the jurisdictions of the parties involved. The judges shall be designated\nby the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia. The special court shall\nsit without a jury.\n\nB. If a vacancy occurs on the special court at any time prior to the final\ndisposition of the case, the vacancy shall be filled by designation of another\njudge and the proceeding shall continue.\n\nHISTORY: 1976, c. 69, \u00a7 15.1-37.1:1; 1997, c. 587.","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}}