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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>54222</law_id><section_number>28.2-1204.1</section_number><catch_line>Submerged aquatic vegetation</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>28.2-826</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="28.2">Fisheries and Habitat of the Tidal Waters</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="III">Habitat</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="12">Submerged Lands</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="1">Ownership and Uses of Submerged Lands</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> shall, in consultation with the Virginia Institute of Marine Science, develop guidelines containing criteria for use in:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Defining existing beds of submerged aquatic vegetation; and <a id="paragraph-199111" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/28.2-1204.1/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Delineating areas where there is potential for submerged aquatic vegetation restoration. <a id="paragraph-199112" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/28.2-1204.1/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1999, c. 547.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
