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The agreement shall provide for the number of members of the commission and how they shall be appointed, in what proportion the expenses of the commission shall be borne by the participating localities, and any other matters pertinent to the operation of the commission as the joint local planning commission for the localities. Any commission so created shall have, as to each participating locality, the powers and duties granted to and imposed upon local planning commissions under this chapter.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":270441,"text":"Any one or more adjoining or adjacent counties or municipalities including any municipality within any such county may by agreement provide for a joint local planning commission for any two or more of such counties and municipalities. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\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 1962, chapter 407; in 1997, chapter 587<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":85298,"section_number":"15.2-2210","catch_line":"Creation of local planning commissions; participation in planning district commissions or joint local commissions","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-2210\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":154905,"object_type":"law","relational_id":75336,"identifier":"15.2-2219","token":"15.2\/II\/22\/2\/15.2-2219","url":"\/15.2-2219\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-2219\/","token":"15.2\/II\/22\/2\/15.2-2219","dublin_core":{"Title":"Joint local planning commissions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-2219","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any one or more adjoining or adjacent counties or municipalities including any municipality within any such county<\/span> may by agreement provide for a joint local planning commission<\/span> for any two or more of such counties and municipalities. The agreement shall provide for the number of members of the commission and how they shall be appointed, in what proportion the expenses of the commission shall be borne by the participating localities, and any other matters pertinent to the operation of the commission as the joint local planning commission<\/span> for the localities. Any commission so created shall have, as to each participating locality<\/span>, the powers and duties granted to and imposed upon local planning commissions<\/span> under this chapter.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nJOINT LOCAL PLANNING COMMISSIONS (\u00a7 15.2-2219)\n\nAny one or more adjoining or adjacent counties or municipalities including any\nmunicipality within any such county may by agreement provide for a joint local\nplanning commission for any two or more of such counties and municipalities. The\nagreement shall provide for the number of members of the commission and how they\nshall be appointed, in what proportion the expenses of the commission shall be\nborne by the participating localities, and any other matters pertinent to the\noperation of the commission as the joint local planning commission for the\nlocalities. Any commission so created shall have, as to each participating\nlocality, the powers and duties granted to and imposed upon local planning\ncommissions under this chapter.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7\u00a7 15-900, 15-903, 15-963.6; 1950, p. 487; 1962, c. 407,\n\u00a7 15.1-443; 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}}