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VIRGINIA ACTS OF ASSEMBLY -- CHAPTER An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 15 of Chapter 1 of Title 33.1 a section numbered 33.1-223.2:4, relating to maintenance of drainage easements by Virginia Department of Transportation. [S 313] Approved

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding in Article 15 of Chapter 1 of Title 33.1 a section numbered 33.1-223.2:4 as follows:

§ 33.1-223.2:4. Department to maintain drainage easements.

Whenever, in connection with or as a precondition to the construction or reconstruction of any highway, the Department shall have acquired any permanent drainage easement, the Department shall, until such time as such easement shall have been terminated, perform repairs required to protect the roadway and to ensure the proper function of the easement within the right of way and within the boundaries of such easement.