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Va. Code § 33.2-411: Raising or lowering floodgates
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 33.2. HIGHWAYS AND OTHER SURFACE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS
- Subtitle II. MODES OF TRANSPORTATION: HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES, FERRIES, RAIL, AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
- Chapter 4. LIMITED ACCESS HIGHWAYS, SCENIC HIGHWAYS AND VIRGINIA BYWAYS, AND HIGHWAYS OVER DAMS
The owner or occupier of a dam shall raise or lower the floodgates on such dam when there is an impending flood in order to reduce the level of the water in the pond, and when it comes to the attention of the Commissioner of Highways that this has not been done, or that the owner is unable to reach the spillway in order to do so, the Commissioner of Highways may perform this duty.Code 1950, § 33-92; 1970, c. 322, § 33.1-178; 2014, c. 805.
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