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This law was first created in 1997. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 587<\/a> 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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":152839,"object_type":"law","relational_id":63331,"identifier":"15.2-1403","token":"15.2\/II\/14\/1\/15.2-1403","url":"\/15.2-1403\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-1403\/","token":"15.2\/II\/14\/1\/15.2-1403","dublin_core":{"Title":"Governing body to be continuing body","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-1403","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Every governing body<\/span> of a locality<\/span> shall be a continuing body, and no measure pending before such body shall abate or be discontinued by reason of expiration of the term of office or removal of any or all members of the governing body<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nGOVERNING BODY TO BE CONTINUING BODY (\u00a7 15.2-1403)\n\nEvery governing body of a locality shall be a continuing body, and no measure\npending before such body shall abate or be discontinued by reason of expiration\nof the term of office or removal of any or all members of the governing body.\n\nHISTORY: 1997, c. 587.","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}}