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This law was first created in 1978. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 469 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 1978 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 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 1992, chapter 589; in 1997, chapter 587<\/a>; in 2004, chapter 402<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":156517,"object_type":"law","relational_id":56155,"identifier":"15.2-923","token":"15.2\/II\/9\/1\/15.2-923","url":"\/15.2-923\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-923\/","token":"15.2\/II\/9\/1\/15.2-923","dublin_core":{"Title":"Local water-saving ordinances","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-923","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Notwithstanding any contrary provision of law<\/span>, as shall be necessary to protect the public health, safety and welfare, any locality<\/span> may by ordinance<\/span> (i) require the installation of water conservation devices in the case of the retrofitting of buildings constructed prior to July 1, 1978, and (ii) restrict the nonessential use of ground water during declared water shortages or water emergencies.\n\t\tFor purposes of this section “nonessential use” shall not include agricultural use.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLOCAL WATER-SAVING ORDINANCES (\u00a7 15.2-923)\n\nNotwithstanding any contrary provision of law, as shall be necessary to protect\nthe public health, safety and welfare, any locality may by ordinance (i) require\nthe installation of water conservation devices in the case of the retrofitting\nof buildings constructed prior to July 1, 1978, and (ii) restrict the\nnonessential use of ground water during declared water shortages or water\nemergencies.\n\t\tFor purposes of this section “nonessential use” shall not include\nagricultural use.\n\nHISTORY: 1978, c. 469, \u00a7 15.1-37.2:1; 1992, c. 589; 1997, c. 587; 2004, c. 402.","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}}