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Wetlands boards may prosecute all violations of their orders and any violation of the wetlands zoning ordinance under which they were established.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1327287,"text":"The Commission may investigate all projects, whether proposed or ongoing, which alter wetlands. The Commission may prosecute all violations of any order, rule, or regulation of the Commission or of a wetlands board, or violation of any provision of this chapter. Wetlands boards may investigate all projects, whether proposed or ongoing, which alter wetlands located within their jurisdiction. 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 711 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 1972 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 1975, chapter 467; in 1992, chapter 836.<\/p>","references":[{"id":356500,"section_number":"28.2-1317","catch_line":"Monitoring, inspections, compliance, and restoration","order_by":null,"url":"\/28.2-1317\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1419071,"object_type":"law","relational_id":356499,"identifier":"28.2-1316","token":"28.2\/III\/13\/4\/28.2-1316","url":"\/28.2-1316\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/28.2-1316\/","token":"28.2\/III\/13\/4\/28.2-1316","dublin_core":{"Title":"Investigations and prosecutions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 28.2-1316","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span> may investigate all projects, whether proposed or ongoing, which alter wetlands. The <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span> may <span class=\"dictionary\">prosecute<\/span> all violations of any <span class=\"dictionary\">order<\/span>, rule, or regulation of the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span> or of a <span class=\"dictionary\">wetlands board<\/span>, or violation of any provision of this chapter. <span class=\"dictionary\">Wetlands boards<\/span> may investigate all projects, whether proposed or ongoing, which alter wetlands located within their <span class=\"dictionary\">jurisdiction<\/span>. <span class=\"dictionary\">Wetlands boards<\/span> may <span class=\"dictionary\">prosecute<\/span> all violations of their <span class=\"dictionary\">orders<\/span> and any violation of the <span class=\"dictionary\">wetlands zoning ordinance<\/span> under which they were established.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nINVESTIGATIONS AND PROSECUTIONS (\u00a7 28.2-1316)\n\nThe Commission may investigate all projects, whether proposed or ongoing, which\nalter wetlands. The Commission may prosecute all violations of any order, rule,\nor regulation of the Commission or of a wetlands board, or violation of any\nprovision of this chapter. Wetlands boards may investigate all projects, whether\nproposed or ongoing, which alter wetlands located within their jurisdiction.\nWetlands boards may prosecute all violations of their orders and any violation\nof the wetlands zoning ordinance under which they were established.\n\nHISTORY: 1972, c. 711, \u00a7 62.1-13.16; 1975, c. 467; 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"}}