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This law was first created in 1989. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 721 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 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 1999, chapter 561<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":65978,"section_number":"62.1-243","catch_line":" Withdrawals for which surface water withdrawal permit not required","order_by":null,"url":"\/62.1-243\/"},{"id":71712,"section_number":"62.1-245","catch_line":"Agreements among persons withdrawing surface water","order_by":null,"url":"\/62.1-245\/"}],"permalink":{"id":269003,"object_type":"law","relational_id":58100,"identifier":"62.1-247","token":"62.1\/24\/62.1-247","url":"\/62.1-247\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/62.1-247\/","token":"62.1\/24\/62.1-247","dublin_core":{"Title":"Use of surface water in surface water management area","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 62.1-247","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

After an area has been declared a surface water management area<\/span> by an order<\/span> of the Board<\/span>, no person shall withdraw or attempt to withdraw any surface water, except for withdrawals exempted under \u00a7 62.1-243<\/a> or made pursuant to a voluntary agreement approved by the Board<\/span> pursuant to \u00a7 62.1-245<\/a>, without a surface water withdrawal permit<\/span> issued by the Board<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nUSE OF SURFACE WATER IN SURFACE WATER MANAGEMENT AREA (\u00a7 62.1-247)\n\nAfter an area has been declared a surface water management area by an order of\nthe Board, no person shall withdraw or attempt to withdraw any surface water,\nexcept for withdrawals exempted under \u00a7 62.1-243 or made pursuant to a\nvoluntary agreement approved by the Board pursuant to \u00a7 62.1-245, without a\nsurface water withdrawal permit issued by the Board.\n\nHISTORY: 1989, c. 721; 1999, c. 561.","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}}