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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>354150</law_id><section_number>21-410</section_number><catch_line>Procedure for issuance of additional bonds</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="6" identifier="6">Drainage Projects</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The proceedings for the <span class="dictionary">issue</span> of such additional <span class="dictionary">bonds</span> shall be substantially as follows: The board of viewers of each drainage project in the county in which the <span class="dictionary">petition</span> was originally filed shall <span class="dictionary">issue</span> a notice to all the owners of land within the drainage project, setting forth all the <span class="dictionary">facts</span> which require the expenditure of more money and the <span class="dictionary">issue</span> of additional <span class="dictionary">bonds</span> to complete the drainage system, which shall be accompanied by the recommendation of the drainage engineer, selected by the board of viewers directing each to appear before them on a certain day, mentioning the day, at least ten days&#x2019; notice being given, and show cause, if any they have, why the additional <span class="dictionary">bonds</span> should not be authorized and issued, which notice shall be served personally on each such landowner by leaving a copy at their residence or place of business, and, if the same cannot be personally served, then it shall be served by publication as hereinbefore stated, or in the manner authorized by <span class="dictionary">law</span>. Any landowner may file an answer denying any <span class="dictionary">material</span> <span class="dictionary">allegation</span> in the notice or setting forth any valid objection to the same before the return day thereof. Upon the day when the notice is returnable, or on such day, as to which the same may have been continued, the board of viewers shall proceed to hear the answers. If they find that the answers are not <span class="dictionary">material</span>, and that the <span class="dictionary">issue</span> of additional <span class="dictionary">bonds</span> is advisable or necessary, it shall make an appropriate <span class="dictionary">order</span> authorizing and directing the <span class="dictionary">issue</span> of such additional <span class="dictionary">bonds</span>, fixing the amount of the <span class="dictionary">issue</span>, the date of the same, the time when the interest and principal shall be payable, and all other matters necessary and appropriate in the premises. Any landowner may <span class="dictionary">appeal</span> from the <span class="dictionary">order</span> of the board of viewers, as provided by Chapter 26 (&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/8.01-669/">8.01-669</a> et seq.) of Title 8.01, and on such <span class="dictionary">appeal</span> only the <span class="dictionary">issue</span> raised in the answer shall be considered. After the board of viewers shall have ordered the additional <span class="dictionary">issue</span> of <span class="dictionary">bonds</span> the further procedure as to the assessment rolls, the <span class="dictionary">levy</span> and collecting of drainage taxes, the disbursement of the revenue therefrom for the payment the <span class="dictionary">bonds</span> and interest thereon, and all future procedure shall be the same as required by the preceding sections of this chapter, and amendments thereto, for the establishment of drainage projects.</p></section></text><history>Code 1919, &#xA7; 1777; 1926, p. 626; 1954, c. 642.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
