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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>347614</law_id><section_number>15.2-1907.1</section_number><catch_line>Condemnation of lands for compensatory mitigation of wetlands</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="46" identifier="15.2">Counties, Cities and Towns</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="2" identifier="II">Powers of Local Government</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="11" identifier="19">Condemnation</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Notwithstanding any other provision of a <span class="dictionary">local government</span> charter or other special act, when authorization is required by federal or state <span class="dictionary">law</span> for any project affecting wetlands and the authorization is conditioned upon compensatory mitigation for adverse impacts to wetlands, no <span class="dictionary">locality</span> or other political subdivision shall acquire through exercise of the power of eminent domain any property to satisfy such condition unless: (i) the property sought to be acquired is located within the same <span class="dictionary">locality</span> as the project affecting wetlands, or (ii) the <span class="dictionary">governing body</span> of the <span class="dictionary">locality</span> where the property sought to be acquired consents to its acquisition for such purpose.</p></section></text><history>2005, c. 311.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
