                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

LIMITATION ON ACTIONS INVOLVING REMOVAL OF ASBESTOS (§ 8.01-250.1)

Notwithstanding the provisions of § 8.01-234 or any other section in this
chapter, every action against a manufacturer or supplier of asbestos or material
containing asbestos brought by or on behalf of any agency of the Commonwealth
incorporated for charitable or educational purposes; counties, cities or towns;
or school boards, to recover for (i) removal of asbestos or materials containing
asbestos from any building owned or used by such entity, (ii) other measures
taken to correct or ameliorate any problem related to asbestos in such building
or (iii) reimbursement for such removal, correction or amelioration which would
otherwise be barred prior to July 1, 1990, as a result of expiration of the
applicable period of limitation, is hereby revived or extended. Any action
thereon may be commenced prior to July 1, 1990.

HISTORY: 1985, c. 262; 1986, c. 458.