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It has been modified 2 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 1970, chapter 322; in 2014, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?141+ful+CHAP0805\">805<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":206095,"object_type":"law","relational_id":84009,"identifier":"33.2-411","token":"33.2\/II\/4\/33.2-411","url":"\/33.2-411\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/33.2-411\/","token":"33.2\/II\/4\/33.2-411","dublin_core":{"Title":"Raising or lowering floodgates","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 33.2-411","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The owner or occupier of a dam shall raise or lower the floodgates on such dam when there is an impending flood in <span class=\"dictionary\">order<\/span> to reduce the level of the water in the pond, and when it comes to the attention of the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner of Highways<\/span> that this has not been done, or that the owner is unable to reach the spillway in <span class=\"dictionary\">order<\/span> to do so, the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner of Highways<\/span> may perform this duty.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nRAISING OR LOWERING FLOODGATES (\u00a7 33.2-411)\n\nThe owner or occupier of a dam shall raise or lower the floodgates on such dam\nwhen there is an impending flood in order to reduce the level of the water in\nthe pond, and when it comes to the attention of the Commissioner of Highways\nthat this has not been done, or that the owner is unable to reach the spillway\nin order to do so, the Commissioner of Highways may perform this duty.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 33-92; 1970, c. 322, \u00a7 33.1-178; 2014, c. 805.","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}}