                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DISPUTES BETWEEN JURISDICTIONS INVOLVING DAMS OR WATER IMPOUNDMENT; CONSTITUTION
OF SPECIAL COURT; VACANCIES OCCURRING DURING TRIAL (§ 15.2-2135)

A. The special court to hear a case between jurisdictions involving a dam or
water impoundment shall be composed of three judges of circuit courts remote
from the jurisdictions of the parties involved. The judges shall be designated
by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia. The special court shall
sit without a jury.

B. If a vacancy occurs on the special court at any time prior to the final
disposition of the case, the vacancy shall be filled by designation of another
judge and the proceeding shall continue.

HISTORY: 1976, c. 69, § 15.1-37.1:1; 1997, c. 587.