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This law was first created in 1979. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 85 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 1979 \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 587<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":59036,"section_number":"15.2-3201","catch_line":"Temporary restrictions on granting of city charters, filing annexation notices, institutions of annexation proceedings, and county immunity proceedings","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-3201\/"},{"id":73202,"section_number":"15.2-4101","catch_line":"Ordinance petitioning court for town status; notice of motion","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-4101\/"},{"id":83698,"section_number":"15.2-4102","catch_line":"Citizen petition for town status","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-4102\/"},{"id":79307,"section_number":"36-132.1","catch_line":"Commission on Local Government","order_by":null,"url":"\/36-132.1\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":156923,"object_type":"law","relational_id":68774,"identifier":"15.2-2900","token":"15.2\/III\/29\/15.2-2900","url":"\/15.2-2900\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-2900\/","token":"15.2\/III\/29\/15.2-2900","dublin_core":{"Title":"Purpose and intent","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-2900","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

It is the purpose and intent<\/span> of the General Assembly to create a procedure whereby the Commonwealth will help ensure that all of its localities are maintained as viable communities in which their citizens can live. To carry out this purpose and intent<\/span>, there is hereby established the Commission on Local Government<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPURPOSE AND INTENT (\u00a7 15.2-2900)\n\nIt is the purpose and intent of the General Assembly to create a procedure\nwhereby the Commonwealth will help ensure that all of its localities are\nmaintained as viable communities in which their citizens can live. To carry out\nthis purpose and intent, there is hereby established the Commission on Local\nGovernment.\n\nHISTORY: 1979, c. 85, \u00a7 15.1-945.1; 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}}