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This law was first created in 1962. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 406 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 1962 \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 1992, chapter 836.<\/p>","references":[{"id":65052,"section_number":"28.2-201","catch_line":"Authority of Commission to make regulations, establish licenses, and prepare fishery management plans; accept federal grants; enforcement; penalty for violation of regulation","order_by":null,"url":"\/28.2-201\/"},{"id":81899,"section_number":"28.2-801","catch_line":"Authority to promulgate regulations; enforcement","order_by":null,"url":"\/28.2-801\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":72654,"section_number":"28.2-209","catch_line":"Publication of proposed regulations","order_by":null,"url":"\/28.2-209\/"},{"id":67319,"section_number":"28.2-211","catch_line":"Hearing on proposed regulations","order_by":null,"url":"\/28.2-211\/"}],"permalink":{"id":190831,"object_type":"law","relational_id":77525,"identifier":"28.2-210","token":"28.2\/II\/2\/2\/28.2-210","url":"\/28.2-210\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/28.2-210\/","token":"28.2\/II\/2\/2\/28.2-210","dublin_core":{"Title":"Adoption of emergency regulations","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 28.2-210","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

If, in an emergency, the adoption of a regulation is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, safety, and welfare, or the protection of the seafood industry, natural resources or marine organisms<\/span>, the Commission<\/span> may promulgate the necessary regulation. The regulation shall be published and filed as prescribed in \u00a7 28.2-209<\/a>. No regulation adopted as an emergency regulation shall remain in effect longer than thirty days unless a public hearing<\/span> is held as required in \u00a7 28.2-211<\/a> after being advertised as prescribed in \u00a7 28.2-209<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nADOPTION OF EMERGENCY REGULATIONS (\u00a7 28.2-210)\n\nIf, in an emergency, the adoption of a regulation is necessary for the immediate\npreservation of the public peace, health, safety, and welfare, or the protection\nof the seafood industry, natural resources or marine organisms, the Commission\nmay promulgate the necessary regulation. The regulation shall be published and\nfiled as prescribed in \u00a7 28.2-209. No regulation adopted as an emergency\nregulation shall remain in effect longer than thirty days unless a public\nhearing is held as required in \u00a7 28.2-211 after being advertised as prescribed\nin \u00a7 28.2-209.\n\nHISTORY: 1962, c. 406, \u00a7 28.1-25; 1992, c. 836.","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}}