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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>353963</law_id><section_number>21-228</section_number><catch_line>Territory which may be embraced in district</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><referred_to_by><reference>21-225</reference></referred_to_by><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="4" identifier="4">Sanitation Districts Law of 1946 -- Nontidal Waters</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="2" identifier="2">Creation of Districts</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Any integral body of territory within which are situated rivers, creeks or other watercourses or streams, not affected by ebb and flow of the tide, and none of which are embraced within any other sanitation <span class="dictionary">district</span> may, under the conditions and upon the taking and completion of the proceedings provided in this article, be created a sanitation <span class="dictionary">district</span>. Every part of the boundary of such a sanitation <span class="dictionary">district</span> shall either (1) coincide with the boundary of a <span class="dictionary">county</span>, city or <span class="dictionary">town</span> or (2) bisect a <span class="dictionary">county</span>, city or <span class="dictionary">town</span>, or (3) be located within one mile of the boundary of a <span class="dictionary">county</span>, city or <span class="dictionary">town</span>, or (4) consist of a straight line connecting two points each of which lies upon a boundary of one of the three types hereinabove described.</p></section></text><history>1946, p. 348; Michie Suppl. 1946, &#xA7; 1560iii3.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
