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This law was first created in 1994. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 472<\/a> 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. 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 2001, chapter 844<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":84406,"section_number":"2.2-5503","catch_line":"Requirements for regulated introduction","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-5503\/"},{"id":59221,"section_number":"2.2-5506","catch_line":"Confidential business information; Department to establish procedures","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-5506\/"}],"permalink":{"id":177971,"object_type":"law","relational_id":68975,"identifier":"2.2-5507","token":"2.2\/II\/B\/55\/2.2-5507","url":"\/2.2-5507\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/2.2-5507\/","token":"2.2\/II\/B\/55\/2.2-5507","dublin_core":{"Title":"Enforcement","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 2.2-5507","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Department<\/span> shall enforce the provisions of \u00a7\u00a7 2.2-5503<\/a> and 2.2-5506<\/a>. Actions to enforce this chapter by injunctive and any other relief appropriate for enforcement may be filed in the Circuit<\/span> Court<\/span> of the City of Richmond or in any county or municipality where a violation occurred in whole or in part. In an enforcement action under this chapter, if it is determined that a person commenced a regulated introduction<\/span> and did not comply with \u00a7 2.2-5503<\/a>, the court<\/span> may enter an injunction<\/span> directing the person to cease the regulated introduction<\/span> and may order<\/span> any additional action necessary to protect human health and the environment.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nENFORCEMENT (\u00a7 2.2-5507)\n\nThe Department shall enforce the provisions of \u00a7\u00a7 2.2-5503 and 2.2-5506.\nActions to enforce this chapter by injunctive and any other relief appropriate\nfor enforcement may be filed in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond or in\nany county or municipality where a violation occurred in whole or in part. In an\nenforcement action under this chapter, if it is determined that a person\ncommenced a regulated introduction and did not comply with \u00a7 2.2-5503, the\ncourt may enter an injunction directing the person to cease the regulated\nintroduction and may order any additional action necessary to protect human\nhealth and the environment.\n\nHISTORY: 1994, c. 472, \u00a7 2.1-776; 2001, c. 844.","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}}