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This law was first created in 2020. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 822<\/a> 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.<\/p>","references":[{"id":55543,"section_number":"54.1-401","catch_line":"Exemptions","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-401\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":76379,"section_number":"54.1-400","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-400\/"}],"permalink":{"id":249049,"object_type":"law","relational_id":60030,"identifier":"56-257.2:1","token":"56\/10\/5\/56-257.2_1","url":"\/56-257.2_1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/56-257.2_1\/","token":"56\/10\/5\/56-257.2_1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Projects presenting material risk to public safety; licensed professional engineers; regulations","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 56-257.2:1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Commission<\/span> shall promulgate regulations requiring that a licensed professional engineer exercise responsible charge, as defined in \u00a7 54.1-400<\/a>, over engineering projects that (i) involve gas pipeline facilities, as defined in the federal regulations promulgated under 49 U.S.C \u00a7 60101 et seq., as amended and adopted by the State Corporation<\/span> Commission<\/span>, and the federal pipeline safety laws<\/span>, and (ii) may present a material<\/span> risk to public safety.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPROJECTS PRESENTING MATERIAL RISK TO PUBLIC SAFETY; LICENSED PROFESSIONAL\nENGINEERS; REGULATIONS (\u00a7 56-257.2:1)\n\nThe Commission shall promulgate regulations requiring that a licensed\nprofessional engineer exercise responsible charge, as defined in \u00a7 54.1-400,\nover engineering projects that (i) involve gas pipeline facilities, as defined\nin the federal regulations promulgated under 49 U.S.C \u00a7 60101 et seq., as\namended and adopted by the State Corporation Commission, and the federal\npipeline safety laws, and (ii) may present a material risk to public safety.\n\nHISTORY: 2020, c. 822.","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}}