                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

POWER OF EMINENT DOMAIN (§ 10.1-635)

In addition to any other powers conferred on it by law, any watershed
improvement district organized under the provisions of this article shall be
authorized to acquire by eminent domain any lands, property rights, franchises,
rights-of-way, easements or other property deemed necessary or convenient for
the efficient operation of the district. Such proceedings shall be in accordance
with and subject to the provisions of the laws of the Commonwealth applicable to
the exercise of the power of eminent domain in the name of a public service
company and subject to the provisions of Chapter 2 (§ 25.1-200 et seq.) of
Title 25.1.

HISTORY: 1958, c. 411, § 21-112.21; 1988, c. 891; 2003, c. 940.