Code of Virginia § 10.1-539. Surveys and dissemination of information.
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Districts are authorized to
(i)conduct surveys, investigations, and research relating to soil erosion and floodwater and sediment damages, and to agricultural and nonagricultural phases of the conservation, development, utilization, and disposal of water, and the preventive and control measures and works of improvement needed;
(ii)publish the results of such surveys, investigations, or research; and
(iii)disseminate information concerning preventive and control measures and works of improvement. However, in order to avoid duplication of research activities, no district shall initiate any research program except in cooperation with the government of the Commonwealth or the United States.
Code 1950, § 21-54; 1956, c. 654; 1970, c. 480; 1988, c. 891.