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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>87289</law_id><section_number>10.1-620</section_number><catch_line>Declaration of organization of district; certification to Board</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="3">Watershed Improvements Districts</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>If the district <span class="dictionary">directors</span> determine that operation of the proposed watershed improvement district is administratively practicable and feasible, they shall declare the watershed improvement district to be organized and shall record the <span class="dictionary">fact</span> in their official minutes. Following such entry in their official minutes, the district <span class="dictionary">directors</span> shall certify the <span class="dictionary">fact</span> of the organization of the watershed improvement district to the Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Board, and shall furnish a copy of the certification to the clerk of each county or city in which any portion of the watershed improvement district is situated for recordation in the public land records of each such county or city. The watershed improvement district shall thereupon constitute a political subdivision of this Commonwealth.</p></section></text><history>1956, c. 668, &#xA7; 21-112.6; 1964, c. 512; 1970, c. 480; 1988, c. 891.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
