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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0745\">745<\/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":155747,"object_type":"law","relational_id":56479,"identifier":"15.2-2413.19","token":"15.2\/II\/24\/4\/15.2-2413.19","url":"\/15.2-2413.19\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-2413.19\/","token":"15.2\/II\/24\/4\/15.2-2413.19","dublin_core":{"Title":"Establishment of separate benefit zones within business improvement and recruitment district; categories of businesses","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-2413.19","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The <span class=\"dictionary\">locality<\/span> may establish one or more separate <span class=\"dictionary\">benefit zones<\/span> within the <span class=\"dictionary\">business improvement and recruitment district<\/span> based upon the degree of benefit derived from the <span class=\"dictionary\">activities<\/span> to be provided within the <span class=\"dictionary\">benefit zone<\/span> and may impose a different <span class=\"dictionary\">fee<\/span> within each <span class=\"dictionary\">benefit zone<\/span>. The <span class=\"dictionary\">locality<\/span> may also define categories of businesses based upon the degree of benefit that each will derive from the <span class=\"dictionary\">activities<\/span> to be provided within the <span class=\"dictionary\">business improvement and recruitment district<\/span> and may impose a different <span class=\"dictionary\">fee<\/span> or rate of <span class=\"dictionary\">fee<\/span> on each category of business, or on each category of business within each zone.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nESTABLISHMENT OF SEPARATE BENEFIT ZONES WITHIN BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT AND\nRECRUITMENT DISTRICT; CATEGORIES OF BUSINESSES (\u00a7 15.2-2413.19)\n\nThe locality may establish one or more separate benefit zones within the\nbusiness improvement and recruitment district based upon the degree of benefit\nderived from the activities to be provided within the benefit zone and may\nimpose a different fee within each benefit zone. The locality may also define\ncategories of businesses based upon the degree of benefit that each will derive\nfrom the activities to be provided within the business improvement and\nrecruitment district and may impose a different fee or rate of fee on each\ncategory of business, or on each category of business within each zone.\n\nHISTORY: 2023, c. 745.","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}}