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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 583 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1982 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1984, chapter 240; in 1988, chapter 891.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":144471,"object_type":"law","relational_id":69664,"identifier":"10.1-606","token":"10.1\/I\/6\/2\/10.1-606","url":"\/10.1-606\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/10.1-606\/","token":"10.1\/I\/6\/2\/10.1-606","dublin_core":{"Title":"Local advisory committee","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 10.1-606","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>When requested by the governing body of any affected county or city, the <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span> shall provide for the creation of a local advisory committee to advise the <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span> on impoundments within that locality. The advisory committee shall include, but not be limited to, representation of the <span class=\"dictionary\">owner<\/span> and each affected county or city. 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The advisory committee shall include, but\nnot be limited to, representation of the owner and each affected county or city.\nPrior to the issuance of any permits under this article, the Board shall advise\nany existing local advisory committee of any affected jurisdiction for which a\npermit is being sought, and request comments from the committee on the permit\napplication. No permit shall be issued until at least sixty days after such a\nlocal advisory committee has been so advised.\n\nHISTORY: 1982, c. 583, \u00a7 62.1-115.3; 1984, c. 240; 1988, c. 891.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}