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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>54632</law_id><section_number>15.2-5146</section_number><catch_line>Use of state land</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="15.2">Counties, Cities and Towns</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="IV">Other Governmental Entities</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="51">Virginia Water and Waste Authorities Act</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="5">Miscellaneous</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> The Commonwealth hereby consents to the use of all lands above or under water and owned or controlled by it which are necessary for the construction, improvement, operation or maintenance of any <span class="dictionary">stormwater control system</span> or <span class="dictionary">water or waste system</span>; except that the use of any portion between the right-of-way limits of any primary or secondary highway in this Commonwealth shall be subject to the approval of the Commissioner of Highways. <a id="paragraph-200650" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-5146/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> In addition to the provisions of subsection A, the Governor is authorized, at the request of an <span class="dictionary">authority</span> created pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="One or more localities may create authority" href="/15.2-5102/">15.2-5102</a> and in a form approved by the <span class="dictionary">Attorney General</span>, to disclaim any and all rights, title, and interest of the Commonwealth in and to lands used pursuant to subsection A if he finds (i) there is no greater public need or purpose than such use or (ii) that public use and necessity have been established pursuant to subsection B of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Requirements for initiating condemnation; filing of ordinance or resolution with petition; voluntary conveyance" href="/15.2-1903/">15.2-1903</a>. Such disclaimer shall be filed with the appropriate <span class="dictionary">court</span> and shall have the legal force and effect of disclaiming, releasing, and renouncing all of the right, title, and interest of the Commonwealth in and to such lands. <a id="paragraph-200651" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-5146/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 15-764.12; 1950, p. 1318; 1954, c. 554; 1958, cc. 400, 402; 1960, c. 430; 1962, cc. 130, 623, &#xA7; 15.1-1250; 1968, cc. 355, 556; 1970, cc. 444, 617; 1972, c. 161; 1979, c. 280; 1980, c. 159; 1981, c. 610; 1983, c. 422; 1984, c. 554; 1994, c. 477; 1997, c. 587; 2009, c. 861.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
