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However, no provision of this chapter shall be construed to limit or supersede the jurisdiction or requirements of any other state agency, local land-use ordinance, regulation of general purpose, or \u00a7 58.1-3712, 58.1-3713, 58.1-3713.3, 58.1-3713.4, 58.1-3741, 58.1-3742, or 58.1-3743.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":229456,"text":"No locality or other political subdivision of the Commonwealth shall impose any condition or require any other local license, permit, fee, or bond that varies from or is in addition to the requirements of this chapter to perform any gas, oil, or geophysical operation. 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 92 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 1990 \u201cActs\u201d aren\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 2013, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?131+ful+CHAP0305\">305<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?131+ful+CHAP0618\">618<\/a>; in 2016, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?161+ful+CHAP0305\">305<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":70681,"section_number":"58.1-3712","catch_line":"Counties and cities authorized to levy severance tax on gases","order_by":null,"url":"\/58.1-3712\/"},{"id":85271,"section_number":"58.1-3713","catch_line":"Local gas road improvement and Virginia Coalfield Economic Development Authority tax","order_by":null,"url":"\/58.1-3713\/"},{"id":82194,"section_number":"58.1-3713.3","catch_line":"Validation of local coal and gas severance tax ordinances and local coal and gas road improvement tax ordinances","order_by":null,"url":"\/58.1-3713.3\/"},{"id":71813,"section_number":"58.1-3713.4","catch_line":"Additional one percent tax on gas","order_by":null,"url":"\/58.1-3713.4\/"},{"id":76655,"section_number":"58.1-3741","catch_line":"Counties and cities authorized to levy severance license tax on the sale of coal","order_by":null,"url":"\/58.1-3741\/"},{"id":63950,"section_number":"58.1-3742","catch_line":"Distribution of local coal road improvement severance tax","order_by":null,"url":"\/58.1-3742\/"},{"id":62435,"section_number":"58.1-3743","catch_line":"Severance license taxes to be paid to jurisdiction in which coal is severed","order_by":null,"url":"\/58.1-3743\/"}],"permalink":{"id":224699,"object_type":"law","relational_id":62897,"identifier":"45.2-1605","token":"45.2\/IV\/16\/1\/45.2-1605","url":"\/45.2-1605\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/45.2-1605\/","token":"45.2\/IV\/16\/1\/45.2-1605","dublin_core":{"Title":" Exclusivity of regulation and enforcement","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 45.2-1605","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>No locality or other political subdivision of the Commonwealth shall impose any condition or require any other local license, permit, fee, or <span class=\"dictionary\">bond<\/span> that varies from or is in addition to the requirements of this chapter to perform any <span class=\"dictionary\">gas<\/span>, <span class=\"dictionary\">oil<\/span>, or <span class=\"dictionary\">geophysical operation<\/span>. However, no provision of this chapter shall be construed to limit or supersede the <span class=\"dictionary\">jurisdiction<\/span> or requirements of any other state agency, local land-use <span class=\"dictionary\">ordinance<\/span>, regulation of general purpose, or \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Counties and cities authorized to levy severance tax on gases\" href=\"\/58.1-3712\/\">58.1-3712<\/a>, <a class=\"law\" title=\"Local gas road improvement and Virginia Coalfield Economic Development Authority tax\" href=\"\/58.1-3713\/\">58.1-3713<\/a>, <a class=\"law\" title=\"Validation of local coal and gas severance tax ordinances and local coal and gas road improvement tax ordinances\" href=\"\/58.1-3713.3\/\">58.1-3713.3<\/a>, <a class=\"law\" title=\"Additional one percent tax on gas\" href=\"\/58.1-3713.4\/\">58.1-3713.4<\/a>, <a class=\"law\" title=\"Counties and cities authorized to levy severance license tax on the sale of coal\" href=\"\/58.1-3741\/\">58.1-3741<\/a>, <a class=\"law\" title=\"Distribution of local coal road improvement severance tax\" href=\"\/58.1-3742\/\">58.1-3742<\/a>, or <a class=\"law\" title=\"Severance license taxes to be paid to jurisdiction in which coal is severed\" href=\"\/58.1-3743\/\">58.1-3743<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\n EXCLUSIVITY OF REGULATION AND ENFORCEMENT (\u00a7 45.2-1605)\n\nNo locality or other political subdivision of the Commonwealth shall impose any\ncondition or require any other local license, permit, fee, or bond that varies\nfrom or is in addition to the requirements of this chapter to perform any gas,\noil, or geophysical operation. However, no provision of this chapter shall be\nconstrued to limit or supersede the jurisdiction or requirements of any other\nstate agency, local land-use ordinance, regulation of general purpose, or \u00a7\n58.1-3712, 58.1-3713, 58.1-3713.3, 58.1-3713.4, 58.1-3741, 58.1-3742, or\n58.1-3743.\n\nHISTORY: 1990, c. 92, \u00a7 45.1-361.5; 2013, cc. 305, 618; 2016, c. 305; 2021, Sp.\nSess. I, c. 387.","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}}