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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\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 1968, chapter 659.<\/p>","references":[{"id":55141,"section_number":"62.1-85","catch_line":"License required to construct dam; application","order_by":null,"url":"\/62.1-85\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":63281,"section_number":"62.1-81","catch_line":"\"Waters of the Commonwealth\" defined","order_by":null,"url":"\/62.1-81\/"}],"permalink":{"id":270483,"object_type":"law","relational_id":76133,"identifier":"62.1-83","token":"62.1\/7\/62.1-83","url":"\/62.1-83\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/62.1-83\/","token":"62.1\/7\/62.1-83","dublin_core":{"Title":"Dams across waters of Commonwealth","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 62.1-83","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

No person, firm, association or corporation, private or municipal, proposing to construct or reconstruct any dam across or in the waters of the Commonwealth, as defined in \u00a7 62.1-81<\/a>, or a dam in any rivers or streams within the Commonwealth when such dam is for the purpose of generating hydroelectric energy for use or sale in public service, shall begin the construction or reconstruction of any such dam unless and until the provisions of this chapter shall have been complied with, and every such dam shall in every respect be subject to the provision of this chapter and such other general laws<\/span> of the Commonwealth as may be applicable thereto. Nor shall any dam constructed or reconstructed after July 1, 1932, in any waters, rivers or streams within the Commonwealth, without a license under this chapter, be utilized at any time for the purpose of generating hydroelectric energy for use or sale, directly or indirectly, in public service, unless and until licensed or permitted so to do by order<\/span> of the State Corporation Commission, after hearing<\/span>, and finding<\/span> that the public interest will be thereby promoted or will not be detrimentally affected.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDAMS ACROSS WATERS OF COMMONWEALTH (\u00a7 62.1-83)\n\nNo person, firm, association or corporation, private or municipal, proposing to\nconstruct or reconstruct any dam across or in the waters of the Commonwealth, as\ndefined in \u00a7 62.1-81, or a dam in any rivers or streams within the Commonwealth\nwhen such dam is for the purpose of generating hydroelectric energy for use or\nsale in public service, shall begin the construction or reconstruction of any\nsuch dam unless and until the provisions of this chapter shall have been\ncomplied with, and every such dam shall in every respect be subject to the\nprovision of this chapter and such other general laws of the Commonwealth as may\nbe applicable thereto. Nor shall any dam constructed or reconstructed after July\n1, 1932, in any waters, rivers or streams within the Commonwealth, without a\nlicense under this chapter, be utilized at any time for the purpose of\ngenerating hydroelectric energy for use or sale, directly or indirectly, in\npublic service, unless and until licensed or permitted so to do by order of the\nState Corporation Commission, after hearing, and finding that the public\ninterest will be thereby promoted or will not be detrimentally affected.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 62-71; 1968, c. 659.","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}}