                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DAMS ACROSS WATERS OF COMMONWEALTH (§ 62.1-83)

No person, firm, association or corporation, private or municipal, proposing to
construct or reconstruct any dam across or in the waters of the Commonwealth, as
defined in § 62.1-81, or a dam in any rivers or streams within the Commonwealth
when such dam is for the purpose of generating hydroelectric energy for use or
sale in public service, shall begin the construction or reconstruction of any
such dam unless and until the provisions of this chapter shall have been
complied with, and every such dam shall in every respect be subject to the
provision of this chapter and such other general laws of the Commonwealth as may
be applicable thereto. Nor shall any dam constructed or reconstructed after July
1, 1932, in any waters, rivers or streams within the Commonwealth, without a
license under this chapter, be utilized at any time for the purpose of
generating hydroelectric energy for use or sale, directly or indirectly, in
public service, unless and until licensed or permitted so to do by order of the
State Corporation Commission, after hearing, and finding that the public
interest will be thereby promoted or will not be detrimentally affected.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 62-71; 1968, c. 659.