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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>353883</law_id><section_number>21-149</section_number><catch_line>Hearing and determination; ordering election</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="58" identifier="21">Drainage, Soil Conservation, Sanitation and Public Facilities Districts</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="3" identifier="3">Sanitation Districts Law of 1938 -- Tidal Waters</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="2" identifier="2">Creation of Districts</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Any <span class="dictionary">person</span> interested may answer the <span class="dictionary">petition</span> and make defense thereto, and at such <span class="dictionary">hearing</span> all <span class="dictionary">persons</span> interested or desiring to controvert the <span class="dictionary">allegations</span> of the <span class="dictionary">petition</span> or question the conformity thereof to this article or <span class="dictionary">object</span> to the creation of the proposed sanitation <span class="dictionary">district</span> shall be heard. If upon such <span class="dictionary">hearing</span> the <span class="dictionary">court</span> shall not be satisfied that the <span class="dictionary">allegations</span> of the <span class="dictionary">petition</span> are sustained and that the <span class="dictionary">petition</span> conforms to the provisions of this article, it shall make an <span class="dictionary">order</span> denying and dismissing the <span class="dictionary">petition</span>. If upon such <span class="dictionary">hearing</span> the <span class="dictionary">court</span> shall be satisfied that the <span class="dictionary">allegations</span> of the <span class="dictionary">petition</span> are sustained and that the <span class="dictionary">petition</span> conforms to the provisions of this article and that all of the property in the proposed sanitation <span class="dictionary">district</span> will be benefited by the creation of the proposed sanitation <span class="dictionary">district</span> and that the public interest will be served and the public health protected by such creation, it shall make an <span class="dictionary">order</span> determining such matters and requiring the opening of a poll and the taking of the sense of the qualified voters of the proposed sanitation <span class="dictionary">district</span> in accordance with &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Ordering and conduct of elections" href="/21-143/">21-143</a> on the question of the creation of the proposed sanitation <span class="dictionary">district</span>. The question so submitted shall be &#x201C;Do you favor the creation of the&#x2026;&#x2026; (inserting name of the proposed sanitation <span class="dictionary">district</span> stated in the said <span class="dictionary">petition</span>)?&#x201D;</p></section></text><history>1938, p. 512; Michie Code 1942, &#xA7; 1560jj.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
