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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>84551</law_id><section_number>62.1-44.15:70</section_number><catch_line>Exclusive authority of Board to institute legal actions</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="62.1">Waters of the State, Ports and Harbors</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="3.1">State Water Control Law</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="2.5">Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The <span class="dictionary">Board</span> shall have the exclusive authority to institute or intervene in legal and administrative actions to ensure compliance by local governing bodies with this article and with any <span class="dictionary">criteria</span> or <span class="dictionary">regulations</span> adopted hereunder.</p></section></text><history>1988, cc. 608, 891, &#xA7; 10.1-2104; 1997, c. 266; 2013, cc. 756, 793.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
