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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. 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 805<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":73695,"section_number":"33.2-607","catch_line":"Approval of plans by Board; inspection; costs","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-607\/"},{"id":58309,"section_number":"33.2-610","catch_line":"Sections 33.2-606 through 33.2-609 not applicable to certain toll bridges","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-610\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":206163,"object_type":"law","relational_id":54566,"identifier":"33.2-606","token":"33.2\/II\/6\/33.2-606","url":"\/33.2-606\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/33.2-606\/","token":"33.2\/II\/6\/33.2-606","dublin_core":{"Title":"Permission required to erect or maintain toll bridges over navigable water","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 33.2-606","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

No toll bridge erected after March 19, 1928, shall be constructed, maintained, or operated across, in, or over any navigable waters in or of the Commonwealth, anything in the charter of any company to the contrary notwithstanding, unless a permit is first obtained from the Board<\/span>. The Board<\/span> may grant or withhold such permit or prescribe its terms and conditions, as it may deem for the best interest of the Commonwealth, except so far as such terms and conditions are provided for in this chapter.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPERMISSION REQUIRED TO ERECT OR MAINTAIN TOLL BRIDGES OVER NAVIGABLE WATER (\u00a7\n33.2-606)\n\nNo toll bridge erected after March 19, 1928, shall be constructed, maintained,\nor operated across, in, or over any navigable waters in or of the Commonwealth,\nanything in the charter of any company to the contrary notwithstanding, unless a\npermit is first obtained from the Board. The Board may grant or withhold such\npermit or prescribe its terms and conditions, as it may deem for the best\ninterest of the Commonwealth, except so far as such terms and conditions are\nprovided for in this chapter.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 33-221; 1970, c. 322, \u00a7 33.1-261; 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}}