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CHAPTER 256 An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 15.2-922.1 and to repeal § 15.2-1118 of the Code of Virginia, relating to regulating or prohibiting the making of fires. [H 1860] Approved March 12, 2007

 

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 15.2-922.1 as follows:

§ 15.2-922.1. Regulating or prohibiting the making of fires.

A. Any city or town may by ordinance regulate or prohibit the making of fires in streets, alleys, and other public places and regulate the making of fires on private property.

B. In addition to the authority provided under § 27-98, any county may by ordinance regulate or prohibit the making of fires in streets, alleys, and other public places and, when a declared emergency exists, pursuant to § 44-146.21, regulate the making of fires on private property.

2. That § 15.2-1118 of the Code of Virginia is repealed.