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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0755\">755<\/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":false,"refers_to":[{"id":62679,"section_number":"62.1-266","catch_line":"Ground water withdrawal permits","order_by":null,"url":"\/62.1-266\/"}],"permalink":{"id":269097,"object_type":"law","relational_id":83090,"identifier":"62.1-262.1","token":"62.1\/25\/62.1-262.1","url":"\/62.1-262.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/62.1-262.1\/","token":"62.1\/25\/62.1-262.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Permits for withdrawals from Eastern Shore Groundwater Management Area","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 62.1-262.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span> shall adopt regulations to provide incentives for the withdrawal of <span class=\"dictionary\">ground water<\/span> from the <span class=\"dictionary\">surficial aquifer<\/span> in the <span class=\"dictionary\">Eastern Shore Groundwater Management Area<\/span> rather than from the deep aquifer in such management area. 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