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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 6 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 1952, chapter 649; in 1960, chapter 517; in 1962, chapter 406; in 1984, chapter 100; in 1986, chapter 184; in 1992, chapter 836.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1418627,"object_type":"law","relational_id":356746,"identifier":"28.2-633","token":"28.2\/II\/6\/3\/28.2-633","url":"\/28.2-633\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/28.2-633\/","token":"28.2\/II\/6\/3\/28.2-633","dublin_core":{"Title":"Bathing grounds; assignment; rental","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 28.2-633","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any person desiring to obtain a location for bathing grounds shall apply to the Commissioner<\/span> to have the location designated, surveyed, and assigned. An annual rental fee of $7.50 per acre shall be charged for obtaining such a location. The cost for the assignment of bathing grounds shall be three dollars. Any such application, surveying, assigning, and marking shall conform to the law<\/span> pertaining to oyster-planting grounds. Such licenses shall be for public or commercial bathing grounds only.<\/p>

If any lessee of bathing ground has his ground or any portion thereof resurveyed or if he reassigns any or all of the ground, the resurvey or reassignment shall not be considered a twenty-year renewal of his lease, or as a new assignment of the ground, but shall be a continuation of the original assignment, subject to all the limitations and conditions under which the ground was originally assigned.<\/p>

The lessee of any bathing ground, the rent of which is to be paid to the following September of any year, may abandon his holdings at any time without being liable for the payment of the rent for the following year, provided he notifies an officer<\/span> or the Commissioner<\/span> in writing of his intention to do so before September 1. This notice, when received by the officer<\/span>, shall be immediately forwarded by him to the office of the Commissioner<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nBATHING GROUNDS; ASSIGNMENT; RENTAL (\u00a7 28.2-633)\n\nAny person desiring to obtain a location for bathing grounds shall apply to the\nCommissioner to have the location designated, surveyed, and assigned. An annual\nrental fee of $7.50 per acre shall be charged for obtaining such a location. The\ncost for the assignment of bathing grounds shall be three dollars. Any such\napplication, surveying, assigning, and marking shall conform to the law\npertaining to oyster-planting grounds. Such licenses shall be for public or\ncommercial bathing grounds only.\n\nIf any lessee of bathing ground has his ground or any portion thereof resurveyed\nor if he reassigns any or all of the ground, the resurvey or reassignment shall\nnot be considered a twenty-year renewal of his lease, or as a new assignment of\nthe ground, but shall be a continuation of the original assignment, subject to\nall the limitations and conditions under which the ground was originally\nassigned.\n\nThe lessee of any bathing ground, the rent of which is to be paid to the\nfollowing September of any year, may abandon his holdings at any time without\nbeing liable for the payment of the rent for the following year, provided he\nnotifies an officer or the Commissioner in writing of his intention to do so\nbefore September 1. This notice, when received by the officer, shall be\nimmediately forwarded by him to the office of the Commissioner.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7\u00a7 28-39, 28-187; 1952, c. 649; 1960, c. 517; 1962, c.\n406, \u00a7\u00a7 28.1-44, 28.1-118.1; 1984, c. 100; 1986, c. 184; 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"}}