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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>83514</law_id><section_number>28.2-1501</section_number><catch_line>Powers and duties of Commission</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="15">Ungranted Shores of the Sea, Marshes and Meadowlands</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="1">General Provisions</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> may receive gifts, grants, bequests, and devises of <span class="dictionary">shores of the sea</span>, marsh, meadowlands, and money which shall be held for the uses prescribed by the donor, grantor, or testator in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. The <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> shall manage any <span class="dictionary">shores of the sea</span>, marsh or meadowlands it receives as prescribed in Article 2 (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Management of lands" href="/28.2-1503/">28.2-1503</a> et seq.) of this chapter. <a id="paragraph-299268" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/28.2-1501/#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> may promulgate regulations and guidelines necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter. <a id="paragraph-299269" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/28.2-1501/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1995, c. 850.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
