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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>78775</law_id><section_number>28.2-1312</section_number><catch_line>Procedure for review; notice of decision</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="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="13">Wetlands</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="3">Permits and Review</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> shall cause notice of the review or <span class="dictionary">appeal</span> to be given to the <span class="dictionary">board</span>, the applicant, the <span class="dictionary">county, city, or town</span> where the <span class="dictionary">wetlands</span> are located, and where applicable, to the <span class="dictionary">freeholders</span> specified in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="When Commission to review decision of wetlands board" href="/28.2-1311/">28.2-1311</a>. <a id="paragraph-282234" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/28.2-1312/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> shall hear the <span class="dictionary">appeal</span> or conduct the review of the record transmitted by the <span class="dictionary">board</span> to the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span>. The <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> may take such additional <span class="dictionary">evidence</span> as may be necessary to resolve any controversy as to the correctness of the record. The <span class="dictionary">Commission</span>, in its discretion, may also receive such other <span class="dictionary">evidence</span> as the ends of justice require. <a id="paragraph-282235" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/28.2-1312/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> shall notify the parties of its decision within forty-eight hours of the <span class="dictionary">appeal</span> or review <span class="dictionary">hearing</span>. <a id="paragraph-282236" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/28.2-1312/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1972, c. 711, &#xA7;&#xA7; 62.1-13.12, 62.1-13.14; 1992, c. 836.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
