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categories of businesses","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-2413.8","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\">tourism improvement 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\">tourism improvement district<\/span> and may impose a different <span class=\"dictionary\">fee<\/span> or rate of <span class=\"dictionary\">fee<\/span> on each category of <span class=\"dictionary\">business<\/span>, or on each category of <span class=\"dictionary\">business<\/span> within each zone.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nESTABLISHMENT OF SEPARATE BENEFIT ZONES WITHIN TOURISM IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT;\nCATEGORIES OF BUSINESSES (\u00a7 15.2-2413.8)\n\nThe locality may establish one or more separate benefit zones within the tourism\nimprovement district based upon the degree of benefit derived from the\nactivities to be provided within the benefit zone and may impose a different fee\nwithin each benefit zone. The locality may also define categories of businesses\nbased upon the degree of benefit that each will derive from the activities to be\nprovided within the tourism improvement district and may impose a different fee\nor rate of fee on each category of business, or on each category of business\nwithin each zone.\n\nHISTORY: 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 500.","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}}