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The cooperation resulting from this chapter is intended to facilitate the recognition and analysis of regional opportunities and take account of regional influences in planning and implementing public policies and services. Functional areas warranting regional cooperation may include, but shall not be limited to: (i) economic and physical infrastructure development; (ii) solid waste, water supply and other environmental management; (iii) transportation; (iv) criminal justice; (v) emergency management; (vi) human services; and (vii) recreation.\n\t\t\tTypes of regional cooperative arrangements that commissions may pursue include but are not limited to (i) the facilitation of revenue sharing agreements; (ii) joint service delivery approaches; (iii) joint government purchasing of goods and services; (iv) regional data bases; and (v) regional plans.B\n\nThe planning district commission shall also promote the orderly and efficient development of the physical, social and economic elements of the district by planning, and encouraging and assisting localities to plan, for the future. If requested by a member locality or group of member localities and to the extent the commission may elect to act, the commission may assist the localities by carrying out plans and programs for the improvement and utilization of their physical, social and economic elements. The commission shall not, however, have a legal obligation to perform the functions necessary to implement the plans and policies established by it or to furnish governmental services to the district. Additionally, Planning District Commissions 1, 2, and 13 shall be designated as economic development organizations within the Commonwealth.C\n\nThe authority of the commission includes the power, to the extent the commission may from time to time determine, when requested to do so by a member locality or group of member localities, (i) to participate in the creation or organization of nonprofit corporations to perform functions or operate programs in furtherance of the purposes of this chapter; (ii) to perform such functions and to operate such programs itself; (iii) to contract with nonprofit entities, including localities, performing such functions or operating such programs to provide administrative, management, and staff support, accommodations in its offices, and financial assistance; and (iv) to provide financial assistance, including matching funds, to interdistrict entities which perform governmental or quasi-governmental functions directly benefiting the commission’s district and which are organized under authority of the Commonwealth or of the federal government.D\n\nNothing herein shall be construed to permit the commission to perform functions, operate programs, or provide services within and for a locality if the governing body of that jurisdiction opposes its doing so.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":309514,"text":"It is the purpose of the planning district commission to encourage and facilitate local government cooperation and state-local cooperation in addressing on a regional basis problems of greater than local significance. 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Functional areas warranting regional cooperation may include, but shall not be limited to: (i) economic and physical infrastructure development; (ii) solid waste, water supply and other environmental management; (iii) transportation; (iv) criminal justice; (v) emergency management; (vi) human services; and (vii) recreation.\n\t\t\tTypes of regional cooperative arrangements that commissions may pursue include but are not limited to (i) the facilitation of revenue sharing agreements; (ii) joint service delivery approaches; (iii) joint government purchasing of goods and services; (iv) regional data bases; and (v) regional plans.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":309515,"text":"The planning district commission shall also promote the orderly and efficient development of the physical, social and economic elements of the district by planning, and encouraging and assisting localities to plan, for the future. 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This law was first created in 1968. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 224 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 1968 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 9 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 1972, chapter 814; in 1975, chapter 381; in 1984, chapter 739; in 1986, chapter 164; in 1991, chapter 208; in 1995, chapters 732<\/a> and 796<\/a>; in 1997, chapter 587<\/a>; in 1998, chapters 668<\/a> and 686<\/a>; in 2009, chapter 863<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":157929,"object_type":"law","relational_id":86408,"identifier":"15.2-4207","token":"15.2\/IV\/42\/15.2-4207","url":"\/15.2-4207\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-4207\/","token":"15.2\/IV\/42\/15.2-4207","dublin_core":{"Title":"Purposes of commission","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-4207","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> It is the purpose of the planning district<\/span> commission<\/span> to encourage and facilitate local government<\/span> cooperation and state-local cooperation in addressing on a regional basis problems of greater than local significance. The cooperation resulting from this chapter is intended to facilitate the recognition and analysis of regional opportunities and take account of regional influences in planning and implementing public policies and services. Functional areas warranting regional cooperation may include, but shall not be limited to: (i) economic and physical infrastructure development; (ii) solid waste, water supply and other environmental management; (iii) transportation; (iv) criminal justice; (v) emergency management; (vi) human services; and (vii) recreation.\n\t\t\tTypes of regional cooperative arrangements that commissions<\/span> may pursue include but are not limited to (i) the facilitation of revenue sharing agreements; (ii) joint service delivery approaches; (iii) joint government purchasing of goods and services; (iv) regional data bases; and (v) regional plans. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The planning district<\/span> commission<\/span> shall also promote the orderly and efficient development of the physical, social and economic elements of the district by planning, and encouraging and assisting localities to plan, for the future. If requested by a member locality<\/span> or group of member localities and to the extent the commission<\/span> may elect to act, the commission<\/span> may assist the localities by carrying out plans and programs for the improvement and utilization of their physical, social and economic elements. The commission<\/span> shall not, however, have a legal obligation to perform the functions necessary to implement the plans and policies established by it or to furnish governmental services to the district. Additionally, Planning District<\/span> Commissions<\/span> 1, 2, and 13 shall be designated as economic development organizations within the Commonwealth. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> The authority of the commission<\/span> includes the power, to the extent the commission<\/span> may from time to time determine, when requested to do so by a member locality<\/span> or group of member localities, (i) to participate in the creation or organization of nonprofit corporations to perform functions or operate programs in furtherance of the purposes of this chapter; (ii) to perform such functions and to operate such programs itself; (iii) to contract<\/span> with nonprofit entities, including localities, performing such functions or operating such programs to provide administrative, management, and staff support, accommodations in its offices, and financial assistance; and (iv) to provide financial assistance, including matching funds, to interdistrict entities which perform governmental or quasi-governmental functions directly benefiting the commission<\/span>’s district and which are organized under authority of the Commonwealth or of the federal government. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

D.<\/span> Nothing herein shall be construed to permit the commission<\/span> to perform functions, operate programs, or provide services within and for a locality<\/span> if the governing body<\/span> of that jurisdiction<\/span> opposes its doing so. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPURPOSES OF COMMISSION (\u00a7 15.2-4207)\n\nA. It is the purpose of the planning district commission to encourage and\nfacilitate local government cooperation and state-local cooperation in\naddressing on a regional basis problems of greater than local significance. The\ncooperation resulting from this chapter is intended to facilitate the\nrecognition and analysis of regional opportunities and take account of regional\ninfluences in planning and implementing public policies and services. Functional\nareas warranting regional cooperation may include, but shall not be limited to:\n(i) economic and physical infrastructure development; (ii) solid waste, water\nsupply and other environmental management; (iii) transportation; (iv) criminal\njustice; (v) emergency management; (vi) human services; and (vii) recreation.\n\t\t\tTypes of regional cooperative arrangements that commissions may pursue\ninclude but are not limited to (i) the facilitation of revenue sharing\nagreements; (ii) joint service delivery approaches; (iii) joint government\npurchasing of goods and services; (iv) regional data bases; and (v) regional\nplans.\n\nB. The planning district commission shall also promote the orderly and efficient\ndevelopment of the physical, social and economic elements of the district by\nplanning, and encouraging and assisting localities to plan, for the future. If\nrequested by a member locality or group of member localities and to the extent\nthe commission may elect to act, the commission may assist the localities by\ncarrying out plans and programs for the improvement and utilization of their\nphysical, social and economic elements. The commission shall not, however, have\na legal obligation to perform the functions necessary to implement the plans and\npolicies established by it or to furnish governmental services to the district.\nAdditionally, Planning District Commissions 1, 2, and 13 shall be designated as\neconomic development organizations within the Commonwealth.\n\nC. The authority of the commission includes the power, to the extent the\ncommission may from time to time determine, when requested to do so by a member\nlocality or group of member localities, (i) to participate in the creation or\norganization of nonprofit corporations to perform functions or operate programs\nin furtherance of the purposes of this chapter; (ii) to perform such functions\nand to operate such programs itself; (iii) to contract with nonprofit entities,\nincluding localities, performing such functions or operating such programs to\nprovide administrative, management, and staff support, accommodations in its\noffices, and financial assistance; and (iv) to provide financial assistance,\nincluding matching funds, to interdistrict entities which perform governmental\nor quasi-governmental functions directly benefiting the commission’s\ndistrict and which are organized under authority of the Commonwealth or of the\nfederal government.\n\nD. Nothing herein shall be construed to permit the commission to perform\nfunctions, operate programs, or provide services within and for a locality if\nthe governing body of that jurisdiction opposes its doing so.\n\nHISTORY: 1968, c. 224, \u00a7 15.1-1405; 1972, c. 814; 1975, c. 381; 1984, c. 739;\n1986, c. 164; 1991, c. 208; 1995, cc. 732, 796; 1997, c. 587; 1998, cc. 668,\n686; 2009, c. 863.","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}}