                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

ACTION OF SECRETARY ON THE APPLICATION AND STATEMENT; CHANGE OF NAME OF DISTRICT
(§ 10.1-518)

The Secretary of the Commonwealth shall examine the application and statement
and, if he finds that the name proposed for the district is not identical to
that of any other soil and water conservation district shall receive and file
them and shall record the application in an appropriate book of record in his
office. If the Secretary of the Commonwealth finds that the name proposed for
the district is identical to that of any other soil and water conservation
district, or so nearly similar as to lead to confusion and uncertainty, he shall
certify such fact to the Board, which shall submit to the Secretary of the
Commonwealth a new name for the district. Upon receipt of the new name, the
Secretary of the Commonwealth shall record the application, with the name so
modified, in an appropriate book of record in his office. When the application
and statement have been made, filed and recorded, as herein provided, the
district shall constitute a political subdivision of the Commonwealth. The
Secretary of the Commonwealth shall make and issue to the directors a
certificate, under the lesser seal of the Commonwealth, of the due organization
of the district and shall record the certificate with the application and
statement. The boundaries of the district shall include the territory as
determined by the Board, but shall not include any area included within the
boundaries of another district, except in those cases otherwise provided for in
this article. The name of any district may be changed if a petition for such
change is subscribed by twenty-five or more landowners from each county or city
comprising the district and adopted by resolution of the district directors at
any regular meeting. The district directors shall submit a copy of the
resolution to the Board and, if the Board concurs, it shall present the
resolution, together with a certified statement that it concurs, to the
Secretary of the Commonwealth who shall file the resolution and issue a new or
amended certificate of organization.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 21-29; 1954, c. 670; 1958, c. 409; 1960, c. 208; 1962, c.
212; 1964, c. 512; 1970, c. 480; 1988, c. 891.