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Notwithstanding any other provision of a local government<\/span> charter or other special act, when authorization is required by federal or state law<\/span> for any project affecting wetlands and the authorization is conditioned upon compensatory mitigation for adverse impacts to wetlands, no locality<\/span> or other political subdivision shall acquire through exercise of the power of eminent domain any property to satisfy such condition unless: (i) the property sought to be acquired is located within the same locality<\/span> as the project affecting wetlands, or (ii) the governing body<\/span> of the locality<\/span> where the property sought to be acquired consents to its acquisition for such purpose.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCONDEMNATION OF LANDS FOR COMPENSATORY MITIGATION OF WETLANDS (\u00a7 15.2-1907.1)\n\nNotwithstanding any other provision of a local government charter or other\nspecial act, when authorization is required by federal or state law for any\nproject affecting wetlands and the authorization is conditioned upon\ncompensatory mitigation for adverse impacts to wetlands, no locality or other\npolitical subdivision shall acquire through exercise of the power of eminent\ndomain any property to satisfy such condition unless: (i) the property sought to\nbe acquired is located within the same locality as the project affecting\nwetlands, or (ii) the governing body of the locality where the property sought\nto be acquired consents to its acquisition for such purpose.\n\nHISTORY: 2005, c. 311.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}