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The issuance of a special order shall be considered a case decision as defined in \u00a7 2.2-4001. Civil penalties collected pursuant to this section shall be paid into the state treasury and credited to the Water Supply Assistance Grant Fund created pursuant to \u00a7 32.1-171.2.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1336436,"text":"Notwithstanding any other provision of law and to the extent consistent with federal requirements, following a proceeding as provided in \u00a7 2.2-4019, the Board may issue a special order that may include a civil penalty against an owner who violates this article or any order or regulation adopted thereto by the Board. The issuance of a special order shall be considered a case decision as defined in \u00a7 2.2-4001. 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appeal","url":"\/32.1-175\/","token":"32.1\/6\/2\/32.1-175","metadata":false},"next_section":{"id":359223,"structure_id":51383,"section_number":"32.1-175.1","catch_line":"Notice to local government","url":"\/32.1-175.1\/","token":"32.1\/6\/2\/32.1-175.1","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/32.1-175.01\/","history_text":"<p>This law was first created in 1997. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?971+ful+CHAP0342\">342<\/a> 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. 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 1999, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?991+ful+CHAP0786\">786<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":359204,"section_number":"32.1-167","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/32.1-167\/"},{"id":359210,"section_number":"32.1-171.2","catch_line":"Water Supply Assistance Grant Fund established","order_by":null,"url":"\/32.1-171.2\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":353022,"section_number":"2.2-4001","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-4001\/"},{"id":353055,"section_number":"2.2-4019","catch_line":"Informal fact finding proceedings","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-4019\/"},{"id":359210,"section_number":"32.1-171.2","catch_line":"Water Supply Assistance Grant Fund established","order_by":null,"url":"\/32.1-171.2\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1430799,"object_type":"law","relational_id":359222,"identifier":"32.1-175.01","token":"32.1\/6\/2\/32.1-175.01","url":"\/32.1-175.01\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/32.1-175.01\/","token":"32.1\/6\/2\/32.1-175.01","dublin_core":{"Title":"Issuance of special orders","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 32.1-175.01","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Notwithstanding any other provision of <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span> and to the extent consistent with federal requirements, following a proceeding as provided in \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Informal fact finding proceedings\" href=\"\/2.2-4019\/\">2.2-4019<\/a>, the <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span> may <span class=\"dictionary\">issue<\/span> a <span class=\"dictionary\">special order<\/span> that may include a civil <span class=\"dictionary\">penalty<\/span> against an <span class=\"dictionary\">owner<\/span> who violates this article or any order or regulation adopted thereto by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span>. The issuance of a <span class=\"dictionary\">special order<\/span> shall be considered a case decision as defined in \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Definitions\" href=\"\/2.2-4001\/\">2.2-4001<\/a>. Civil penalties collected pursuant to this section shall be paid into the state treasury and credited to the <span class=\"dictionary\">Water Supply<\/span> Assistance Grant Fund created pursuant to \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Water Supply Assistance Grant Fund established\" href=\"\/32.1-171.2\/\">32.1-171.2<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nISSUANCE OF SPECIAL ORDERS (\u00a7 32.1-175.01)\n\nNotwithstanding any other provision of law and to the extent consistent with\nfederal requirements, following a proceeding as provided in \u00a7 2.2-4019, the\nBoard may issue a special order that may include a civil penalty against an\nowner who violates this article or any order or regulation adopted thereto by\nthe Board. The issuance of a special order shall be considered a case decision\nas defined in \u00a7 2.2-4001. Civil penalties collected pursuant to this section\nshall be paid into the state treasury and credited to the Water Supply\nAssistance Grant Fund created pursuant to \u00a7 32.1-171.2.\n\nHISTORY: 1997, c. 342, \u00a7 32.1-176.1:1; 1999, c. 786.","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"}}