§ 15.2-5501 Definitions
As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning: “Authority” means any the Heart of Appalachia Tourism Authority created, organized and operated pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, or if such Authority is abolished, the board, body, commission, department or officer succeeding to the principal functions thereof or to whom the powers given by this chapter are given by law. “Participating locality” means any county or city in the LENOWISCO or Cumberland Plateau Planning District Commissions with respect to which an authority may be organized and in which it is contemplated the Authority will function.
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, § 15.1-1399.18; 1994, c. 160; 1997, c. 587; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 384.