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This law was first created in 1994. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 433<\/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 2016, chapter 588<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":186559,"object_type":"law","relational_id":81053,"identifier":"23.1-2615","token":"23.1\/IV\/26\/2\/23.1-2615","url":"\/23.1-2615\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/23.1-2615\/","token":"23.1\/IV\/26\/2\/23.1-2615","dublin_core":{"Title":"Station; soil survey","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 23.1-2615","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

For the purpose of continuing a survey of the soils of the Commonwealth that was begun by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Station shall direct and supervise a comprehensive soil survey of the Commonwealth of such a character and along such lines as to obtain an inventory of the soil resources of the Commonwealth and to determine their adaptability to various crops, forestry, and livestock enterprises to promote the utilization of the lands of the Commonwealth in the most practical and economical way. It is contemplated that the Station will make such soil survey in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Agriculture.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSTATION; SOIL SURVEY (\u00a7 23.1-2615)\n\nFor the purpose of continuing a survey of the soils of the Commonwealth that was\nbegun by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Station shall direct and\nsupervise a comprehensive soil survey of the Commonwealth of such a character\nand along such lines as to obtain an inventory of the soil resources of the\nCommonwealth and to determine their adaptability to various crops, forestry, and\nlivestock enterprises to promote the utilization of the lands of the\nCommonwealth in the most practical and economical way. It is contemplated that\nthe Station will make such soil survey in cooperation with the U.S. Department\nof Agriculture.\n\nHISTORY: 1994, c. 433, \u00a7 23-132.9; 2016, c. 588.","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}}