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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>84138</law_id><section_number>10.1-603.22:4</section_number><catch_line>Liberal construction of article</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="10.1">Conservation</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="I">Activities Administered by the Department of Conservation and Recreation</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="6">Flood Protection and Dam Safety</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="1.2">Dam Safety, Flood Prevention, and Protection Assistance Fund</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The provisions of this article shall be liberally construed to the end that its beneficial purposes may be effectuated. Insofar as the provisions of this article are inconsistent with the provisions of any other <span class="dictionary">law</span>, general, special or local, the provisions of this article shall be controlling.</p></section></text><history>2006, cc. 648, 765.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
