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This law was first created in 1989. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 325 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 1989 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 6 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 1990, chapter 967; in 1992, chapters 480 and 887; in 1993, chapter 239; in 1994, chapter 957<\/a>; in 2012, chapters 785<\/a> and 819<\/a>; in 2013, chapters 756<\/a> and 793<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":224865,"object_type":"law","relational_id":63176,"identifier":"45.2-1645","token":"45.2\/IV\/16\/4\/45.2-1645","url":"\/45.2-1645\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/45.2-1645\/","token":"45.2\/IV\/16\/4\/45.2-1645","dublin_core":{"Title":" Chesapeake Bay; drilling for gas or oil prohibited","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 45.2-1645","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Notwithstanding any other law<\/span>, no person shall drill for gas<\/span> or oil<\/span> in the waters of the Chesapeake Bay or any of its tributaries. The provisions of this subsection shall be enforced consistent with the requirements of this chapter.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\n CHESAPEAKE BAY; DRILLING FOR GAS OR OIL PROHIBITED (\u00a7 45.2-1645)\n\nNotwithstanding any other law, no person shall drill for gas or oil in the\nwaters of the Chesapeake Bay or any of its tributaries. The provisions of this\nsubsection shall be enforced consistent with the requirements of this chapter.\n\nHISTORY: 1989, c. 325; \u00a7 62.1-195.1; 1990, c. 967; 1992, cc. 480, 887; 1993, c.\n239; 1994, c. 957; 2012, cc. 785, 819; 2013, cc. 756, 793; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c.\n387.","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}}