CHAPTER 23

An Act to amend and reenact § 15-707, as amended, of the Code of
Virginia, relating to acquiring dumps for waste material in counties,
the amount of acreage that may be used and forbidding dumping
elsewhere.

[H 65]

Approved February 12, 1962

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 15-707, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, be amended and
reenacted as follows:

§ 15-707. The governing bodies of counties are authorized in their dis-
cretion to acquire by lease, gift, purchase or condemnation, land in each or
any magisterial district for the purpose of providing a dumping place for
waste material including abandoned automobiles. The area in any magis-
terial district, except in the counties of Albemarle, Princess Anne, Amherst,
Montgomery, Nelson, Campbell, Henry, Franklin, Roanoke and Augusta
is limited to three acres and no waste material shall be deposited in any
such dump of a liquid or fluid character. In the counties of Albemarle,
Princess Anne, Amherst, Montgomery, Nelson, Campbell, Henry, Franklin,
Roanoke and Augusta the area in any magister ial district shall not
exceed fifteen acres in any one magisterial district except that such
area may exceed fifteen acres if all acreage acquired and used in such
county does not exceed the total of fifteen acres per magisterial district
of such county. No deleterious substance, which might be or become a
nuisance to adjoining property, shall be deposited on such dumps nor any
waste material from manufacturing or industrial plants. The governing
bodies of counties are vested with the power of eminent domain insofar
as the exercise of such power is necessary for the acquisition of lands for
the purposes of this section and in the exercise of such power are vested
with such powers and rights as are or which may hereafter be vested by
law in the governing bodies of counties and the procedure in such con-
demnation suit or procedure shall be under the restrictions provided by
the general statutes of this State relative to the condemnation of land so
far as the same may be applicable and are not in conflict with provisions
of this section. All actions heretofore taken by the governing body of any
county are hereby validated notwithstanding that the acreage exceeded
the limits of this section.

In any county or any magisterial district thereof in which a dump
for waste material has been established as described above, it shall be un-
lawful to dump any such waste material including abandoned automobiles
except with the written consent of the owner of the land. Any person dump-
ing any waste material including abandoned automobiles, except on public
dumps or with the written consent of the landowner, in any county in
which such a dump has been established shall be guilty of a misdemeanor
and punished accordingly.