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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>346045</law_id><section_number>10.1-542</section_number><catch_line>Financial aid to agencies and occupiers</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><span class="dictionary">Districts</span> are authorized to enter into agreements, within the limits of available appropriations, to give, lend or otherwise furnish financial or other aid to any <span class="dictionary">governmental</span> or other agency, or any <span class="dictionary">occupier of lands</span> within the <span class="dictionary">district</span>, to provide erosion-control and prevention operations and works of improvement for flood prevention or agricultural and nonagricultural phases of the conservation, development, utilization, and disposal of water within the <span class="dictionary">district</span>. Agreements shall be subject to such conditions as the <span class="dictionary">directors</span> may deem necessary to advance the purposes of this chapter.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 21-57; 1956, c. 654; 1970, c. 480; 1988, c. 891.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
