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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\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 1962, chapter 402; in 1975, chapter 573; in 1976, chapter 69; in 1997, chapter 587<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":65586,"section_number":"15.2-2135","catch_line":"Disputes between jurisdictions involving dams or water impoundment; constitution of special court; vacancies occurring during trial","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-2135\/"},{"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\/"}],"permalink":{"id":154711,"object_type":"law","relational_id":79220,"identifier":"15.2-2142","token":"15.2\/II\/21\/5\/15.2-2142","url":"\/15.2-2142\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-2142\/","token":"15.2\/II\/21\/5\/15.2-2142","dublin_core":{"Title":"Certain localities may construct dams across navigable streams; permission from Chief of Engineers, Secretary of Army and State Attorney General; approval of governing body","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-2142","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any locality<\/span> authorized by its charter or by general law<\/span> to construct a dam in connection with its public water supply system and which has secured permission from the Chief of Engineers and the Secretary of the Army and the authorization of the Attorney General<\/span> of Virginia with the consent and approval of the Governor, may construct such dam in and across the bed of any navigable river, stream or tributary in this Commonwealth; however, such dam shall not be constructed nor any land acquired therefor when the dam would be located in another locality<\/span> without the approval of such locality<\/span>’s governing body<\/span>. No such approval shall be required when the dam is in the process of construction, the site has been purchased, or plans for its construction were filed with any appropriate agency of the federal, state, or local government<\/span> on or before July 1, 1976.\n\t\tIn any case in which the approval by such locality<\/span>’s governing body<\/span> is withheld, the party<\/span> seeking such approval may petition<\/span> the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court<\/span> of Virginia for the convening of a special court<\/span>, pursuant to \u00a7\u00a7 15.2-2135<\/a> through 15.2-2141<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCERTAIN LOCALITIES MAY CONSTRUCT DAMS ACROSS NAVIGABLE STREAMS; PERMISSION FROM\nCHIEF OF ENGINEERS, SECRETARY OF ARMY AND STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL; APPROVAL OF\nGOVERNING BODY (\u00a7 15.2-2142)\n\nAny locality authorized by its charter or by general law to construct a dam in\nconnection with its public water supply system and which has secured permission\nfrom the Chief of Engineers and the Secretary of the Army and the authorization\nof the Attorney General of Virginia with the consent and approval of the\nGovernor, may construct such dam in and across the bed of any navigable river,\nstream or tributary in this Commonwealth; however, such dam shall not be\nconstructed nor any land acquired therefor when the dam would be located in\nanother locality without the approval of such locality’s governing body.\nNo such approval shall be required when the dam is in the process of\nconstruction, the site has been purchased, or plans for its construction were\nfiled with any appropriate agency of the federal, state, or local government on\nor before July 1, 1976.\n\t\tIn any case in which the approval by such locality’s governing body is\nwithheld, the party seeking such approval may petition the Chief Justice of the\nSupreme Court of Virginia for the convening of a special court, pursuant to \u00a7\u00a7\n15.2-2135 through 15.2-2141.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 15-20.7; 1962, c. 402, \u00a7 15.1-37.1; 1975, c. 573; 1976,\nc. 69; 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}}