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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 789 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 1993 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 4 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 1997, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?971+ful+CHAP0587\">587<\/a>; in 1999, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?991+ful+CHAP0375\">375<\/a>; in 2000, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?001+ful+CHAP0276\">276<\/a>; in 2002, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?021+ful+CHAP0037\">37<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":75876,"section_number":"36-4","catch_line":"Creation of redevelopment and housing authorities","order_by":null,"url":"\/36-4\/"}],"permalink":{"id":153035,"object_type":"law","relational_id":84800,"identifier":"15.2-1505","token":"15.2\/II\/15\/1\/15.2-1505","url":"\/15.2-1505\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-1505\/","token":"15.2\/II\/15\/1\/15.2-1505","dublin_core":{"Title":"Employment based on residency prohibited for certain employees","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-1505","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Notwithstanding any contrary provision of general or special <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span>, no <span class=\"dictionary\">locality<\/span>, or any agency thereof, including school boards, or any local housing or redevelopment authority created pursuant to \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Creation of redevelopment and housing authorities\" href=\"\/36-4\/\">36-4<\/a>, that receives any funds from the Commonwealth, shall condition employment or any feature of employment, including promotion, on the basis of residency in a particular <span class=\"dictionary\">locality<\/span>.\n\t\tThis section shall not apply to (i) appointees of elected groups or individuals, (ii) officials and employees who by charter or other <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span> serve at the will or pleasure of an appointing authority, (iii) deputies and executive assistants to the chief administrative officer of a <span class=\"dictionary\">locality<\/span>, or (iv) agency heads, department heads or their equivalents or chief executive officers of government operations.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEMPLOYMENT BASED ON RESIDENCY PROHIBITED FOR CERTAIN EMPLOYEES (\u00a7 15.2-1505)\n\nNotwithstanding any contrary provision of general or special law, no locality,\nor any agency thereof, including school boards, or any local housing or\nredevelopment authority created pursuant to \u00a7 36-4, that receives any funds\nfrom the Commonwealth, shall condition employment or any feature of employment,\nincluding promotion, on the basis of residency in a particular locality.\n\t\tThis section shall not apply to (i) appointees of elected groups or\nindividuals, (ii) officials and employees who by charter or other law serve at\nthe will or pleasure of an appointing authority, (iii) deputies and executive\nassistants to the chief administrative officer of a locality, or (iv) agency\nheads, department heads or their equivalents or chief executive officers of\ngovernment operations.\n\nHISTORY: 1993, c. 789, \u00a7 15.1-29.23; 1997, c. 587; 1999, c. 375; 2000, c. 276;\n2002, c. 37.","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}}