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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>346062</law_id><section_number>10.1-557</section_number><catch_line>Duty of directors after certification of Board</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="38" identifier="10.1">Conservation</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="I">Activities Administered by the Department of Conservation and Recreation</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="7" identifier="5">Soil and Water Conservation</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="3" identifier="3">Soil and Water Conservation Districts</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Upon receiving from the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> certification that the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> has determined that the continued operation of the district is not administratively practicable and feasible, the <span class="dictionary">district directors</span> shall proceed to determine the affairs of the district. The <span class="dictionary">district directors</span> shall dispose of all property belonging to the district at public auction and shall pay the proceeds of the sale into the state treasury. The <span class="dictionary">district directors</span> shall then file an application, duly verified, with the Secretary of the Commonwealth, for the discontinuance of the district, and shall transmit with the application the certificate of the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> setting forth the determination of the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> that the continued operation of the district is not administratively practicable and feasible. The application shall recite that the property of the district has been disposed of and the proceeds paid over as provided by <span class="dictionary">law</span>, and shall set forth a full accounting of such properties and proceeds of the sale. The Secretary of the Commonwealth shall <span class="dictionary">issue</span> to the <span class="dictionary">district directors</span> a certificate of dissolution and shall record the certificate in an appropriate book of record in his office.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 21-110; 1964, c. 512; 1970, c. 480; 1988, c. 891.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
