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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>356571</law_id><section_number>28.2-222</section_number><catch_line>Districts</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="70" identifier="28.2">Fisheries and Habitat of the Tidal Waters</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="2" identifier="II">Tidal Fisheries</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="2">General Provisions</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="4" identifier="4">Officers, Agents, and Districts</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> shall divide and periodically redistrict the territory over which it has <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> into the smallest number of districts commensurate with the efficient enforcement of the Virginia <span class="dictionary">fish</span> and <span class="dictionary">shellfish</span> <span class="dictionary">laws</span>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 28-33; 1962, c. 406, &#xA7; 28.1-37; 1992, c. 836.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
