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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>78037</law_id><section_number>28.2-1204</section_number><catch_line>Authority of Commission over submerged lands</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>28.2-1203</reference><reference>28.2-1205</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> is authorized to:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> <span class="dictionary">Issue</span> permits for all reasonable uses of state-owned bottomlands not authorized under subsection A of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Unlawful use of subaqueous beds; penalty" href="/28.2-1203/">28.2-1203</a>, including but not limited to, dredging, the taking and use of <span class="dictionary">material</span>, and the placement of wharves, bulkheads, and fill by owners of riparian land in the waters opposite their lands, provided such wharves, bulkheads, and fill do not extend beyond any lawfully established bulkhead lines; <a id="paragraph-279779" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/28.2-1204/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> <span class="dictionary">Issue</span> permits to recover underwater historic property pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Underwater historic property; penalty" href="/10.1-2214/">10.1-2214</a> and <a class="law" title="Unlawful use of subaqueous beds; penalty" href="/28.2-1203/">28.2-1203</a>; and <a id="paragraph-279780" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/28.2-1204/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Establish bulkhead and private pier lines on or over the bays, rivers, creeks, streams, and shores of the ocean which are owned by or subject to the <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> of the Commonwealth for this purpose, and to <span class="dictionary">issue</span> and publish maps and plats showing these lines; however, these lines shall not conflict with those established by the United States Army Corps of Engineers. <a id="paragraph-279781" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/28.2-1204/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 62-2.1; 1960, c. 600; 1962, c. 637; 1966, c. 641; 1968, c. 659, &#xA7; 62.1-3; 1970, c. 621; 1972, c. 866; 1973, cc. 23, 361; 1974, cc. 92, 385; 1975, c. 431; 1976, c. 579; 1980, c. 253; 1982, c. 102; 1988, c. 868; 1992, c. 836.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
