§ 15.2-5500 Heart of Appalachia Tourism Authority
There is hereby established as a political subdivision, a body politic and corporate, the Heart of Appalachia Tourism Authority (the Authority) for the LENOWISCO and Cumberland Plateau Planning District Commissions. The Authority shall promote, expand, and develop the tourism industries of this coal-producing region as a whole.
History
This law was first created in 1993. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 663 of that year’s edition of “Acts of Assembly,” the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1993 “Acts” aren’t available online. It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by “The Acts of Assembly,” a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly’s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1994, chapter 160; in 1997, chapter 587.
1993, c. 663, § 15.1-1399.19; 1994, c. 160; 1997, c. 587; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 384.