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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 274 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1974 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 1992, chapter 836.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1418975,"object_type":"law","relational_id":356478,"identifier":"28.2-1209","token":"28.2\/III\/12\/1\/28.2-1209","url":"\/28.2-1209\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/28.2-1209\/","token":"28.2\/III\/12\/1\/28.2-1209","dublin_core":{"Title":"Maintenance or removal of structures erected upon or over state-owned subaqueous bottoms","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 28.2-1209","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Any person constructing or erecting any structure upon or over state-owned subaqueous bottoms, or their grantees or assignees for value, shall be responsible for the maintenance or removal of the structure upon its abandonment or its falling into a state of disrepair. However, public service corporations may abandon cables, conduit and pipes upon prior approval of the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nMAINTENANCE OR REMOVAL OF STRUCTURES ERECTED UPON OR OVER STATE-OWNED SUBAQUEOUS\nBOTTOMS (\u00a7 28.2-1209)\n\nAny person constructing or erecting any structure upon or over state-owned\nsubaqueous bottoms, or their grantees or assignees for value, shall be\nresponsible for the maintenance or removal of the structure upon its abandonment\nor its falling into a state of disrepair. However, public service corporations\nmay abandon cables, conduit and pipes upon prior approval of the Commission.\n\nHISTORY: 1974, c. 274, \u00a7 62.1-3.03; 1992, c. 836.","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"}}