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2001 SESSION
015976612Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 33.1-223.2:4 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted 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 all repairs required, including ditches,
culverts, underground pipes, and other associated structures, to clear the
channel to permit proper water flow, protect both the roadway and private
property, and to ensure the proper function of the easement within the
right-of-way and within the boundaries of such easement, both on and off
highway right-of-way.