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This law was first created in 1972. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 840 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 1972 \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 2022, chapter 235<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":269839,"object_type":"law","relational_id":56199,"identifier":"62.1-44.19:1","token":"62.1\/3.1\/4\/62.1-44.19_1","url":"\/62.1-44.19_1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/62.1-44.19_1\/","token":"62.1\/3.1\/4\/62.1-44.19_1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Prohibiting sewage discharge under certain conditions in Virginia Beach","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 62.1-44.19:1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

If the Board<\/span> or the State Department<\/span> of Health determines that a receiving stream in the City of Virginia Beach is being polluted by the sewage<\/span> discharge from a private or public sewage<\/span> utility and that it is possible to connect such utility to the sewage<\/span> system of a municipality, sewage<\/span> treatment authority, or sanitation district, the Board<\/span> may order<\/span> the utility in the City of Virginia Beach to stop such discharge into the receiving stream. The utility shall discontinue such discharge within one year of such order<\/span> by providing either (i) adequate treatment as determined by the Board<\/span> or the State Department<\/span> of Health or (ii) a connection to central facilities.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPROHIBITING SEWAGE DISCHARGE UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS IN VIRGINIA BEACH (\u00a7\n62.1-44.19:1)\n\nIf the Board or the State Department of Health determines that a receiving\nstream in the City of Virginia Beach is being polluted by the sewage discharge\nfrom a private or public sewage utility and that it is possible to connect such\nutility to the sewage system of a municipality, sewage treatment authority, or\nsanitation district, the Board may order the utility in the City of Virginia\nBeach to stop such discharge into the receiving stream. The utility shall\ndiscontinue such discharge within one year of such order by providing either (i)\nadequate treatment as determined by the Board or the State Department of Health\nor (ii) a connection to central facilities.\n\nHISTORY: 1972, c. 840; 2022, c. 235.","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}}