CHAPTER 306

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

where.
[S 64]
Approved March 15, 1960

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
discretion 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
magisterial district, except in the counties of Albemarle, Princess Anne,
Amherst, Nelson, 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, Nelson,
Roanoke and Augusta the area in any magisterial 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 condemnation suit or pro-
cedure 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. UW
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
dumping 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.

2. An emergency exists and this act is in force from its passage.