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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>346011</law_id><section_number>10.1-510</section_number><catch_line>Petition approved; Board to give notice of hearing</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="38" identifier="10.1">Conservation</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="I">Activities Administered by the Department of Conservation and Recreation</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="7" identifier="5">Soil and Water Conservation</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="3" identifier="3">Soil and Water Conservation Districts</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>If the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> approves the <span class="dictionary">petition</span>, within sixty days after such determination, the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> shall provide <span class="dictionary">due notice</span> of the approval in a newspaper of general circulation in each <span class="dictionary">county</span> or <span class="dictionary">city</span> involved. The notice shall include notice of a <span class="dictionary">hearing</span> upon the question of the desirability and necessity, in the interest of the public health, safety, and welfare, of the action proposed by the <span class="dictionary">petition</span> upon (i) the question of the appropriate boundaries to be assigned to such <span class="dictionary">district</span>, (ii) the propriety of the <span class="dictionary">petition</span> and other proceedings taken under this chapter, and (iii) all questions relevant to such inquiries.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 21-14; 1964, c. 512; 1970, c. 480; 1988, c. 891.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
