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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 520 and 556 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 1986 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 1997, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?971+ful+CHAP0587\">587<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":156221,"object_type":"law","relational_id":59067,"identifier":"15.2-2701","token":"15.2\/II\/27\/15.2-2701","url":"\/15.2-2701\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-2701\/","token":"15.2\/II\/27\/15.2-2701","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definition","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-2701","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>For the purposes of this chapter, &#8220;political subdivision&#8221; means any <span class=\"dictionary\">county<\/span>, <span class=\"dictionary\">city<\/span>, or <span class=\"dictionary\">town<\/span>, school board, Transportation District Commission, or any other local governmental authority or local agency or public service corporation owned, operated or controlled by a <span class=\"dictionary\">locality<\/span> or <span class=\"dictionary\">local government<\/span> authority, with power to enter into contractual undertakings.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITION (\u00a7 15.2-2701)\n\nFor the purposes of this chapter, &#8220;political subdivision&#8221; means any\ncounty, city, or town, school board, Transportation District Commission, or any\nother local governmental authority or local agency or public service corporation\nowned, operated or controlled by a locality or local government authority, with\npower to enter into contractual undertakings.\n\nHISTORY: 1986, cc. 520, 556, \u00a7 15.1-503.4:2; 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}}