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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 3 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 1995, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?951+ful+CHAP0732\">732<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?951+ful+CHAP0796\">796<\/a>; in 1997, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?971+ful+CHAP0587\">587<\/a>; in 1998, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?981+ful+CHAP0668\">668<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?981+ful+CHAP0686\">686<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":157941,"object_type":"law","relational_id":67641,"identifier":"15.2-4210","token":"15.2\/IV\/42\/15.2-4210","url":"\/15.2-4210\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-4210\/","token":"15.2\/IV\/42\/15.2-4210","dublin_core":{"Title":"Commission to act only in conformity with regional strategic plan","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-4210","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>When the strategic plan becomes effective as the district plan, the <span class=\"dictionary\">planning district<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">commission<\/span> shall not, except as provided in the plan, establish any policies or take any action which, in its <span class=\"dictionary\">opinion<\/span>, is not in conformity with the plan.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCOMMISSION TO ACT ONLY IN CONFORMITY WITH REGIONAL STRATEGIC PLAN (\u00a7 15.2-4210)\n\nWhen the strategic plan becomes effective as the district plan, the planning\ndistrict commission shall not, except as provided in the plan, establish any\npolicies or take any action which, in its opinion, is not in conformity with the\nplan.\n\nHISTORY: 1968, c. 224, \u00a7 15.1-1407; 1995, cc. 732, 796; 1997, c. 587; 1998, cc.\n668, 686.","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}}