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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>353952</law_id><section_number>21-217</section_number><catch_line>Powers conferred on counties, cities and towns in addition to other powers</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="7" identifier="7">Powers and Duties of Counties, Cities and Towns</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The powers conferred by this chapter on counties, cities and <span class="dictionary">towns</span> are in addition and supplemental to the powers conferred by any other <span class="dictionary">law</span>, and may be exercised by resolution of the governing bodies thereof without regard to the terms, conditions, requirements, restrictions or other provisions contained in any other <span class="dictionary">law</span>, general or special, or in any charter, except that where fees, rents and charges are fixed by a city or <span class="dictionary">town</span>, that power shall be exercised by <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span>.</p></section></text><history>1938, p. 527; Michie Code 1942, &#xA7; 1560bbb.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
