                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

PROCEEDINGS ON VIOLATION OF TERMS OF LICENSE OR OF PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER OR
REGULATIONS (§ 62.1-97)

In event of violation by the licensee of any of the terms of a license, or for
the purpose of remedying by injunction, mandamus or other process any act of
commission or omission by the licensee in violation of any of the provisions of
this chapter, or of any lawful regulation or order promulgated in pursuance
thereof, the Attorney General of this Commonwealth shall, upon request of the
Commission, institute proceedings in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond
in the name of the Commonwealth at the relation of the Commission for the
purpose of compelling the licensee to comply with the provisions of the license
or of this chapter, or for the purpose of revoking the right of the licensee to
proceed further under the license, or similarly as to a specified portion or
portions of the development which is under license. The court shall have
jurisdiction over all of the above-mentioned proceedings and shall be empowered
to issue and execute all necessary process and to make and enforce all writs,
orders and decrees to compel compliance with the lawful orders and regulations
of the Commission and to compel the performance of any condition imposed under
the provisions of this chapter. If a decree is entered by the court revoking the
right of the licensee to proceed further with the development under license, or
similarly with respect to a specified portion or portions of the development
under license, the court is empowered to sell at public sale to the highest
responsible bidder the property and rights of the licensee used or useful in
connection with such development or such specified portion thereof, to
distribute the proceeds to the parties entitled thereto and to make and enforce
such further or other orders and decrees as equity and justice may require. At
such sale or sales the vendee shall succeed to the rights and privileges of the
licensee with respect to such development or such specified portion thereof and
shall perform all the duties of the licensee under the license and assume all
such outstanding obligations and liabilities of the licensee as the court may
deem equitable in the premises.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 62-86; 1968, c. 659.