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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 5 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 1977, chapter 613; in 1985, chapter 127; in 1990, chapter 722; in 1995, chapters 732<\/a> and 796<\/a>; in 1997, chapter 587<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":81652,"section_number":"15.2-4215","catch_line":"Annual report required","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-4215\/"},{"id":78768,"section_number":"15.2-4221","catch_line":"Merger of two planning district commissions","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-4221\/"}],"permalink":{"id":157965,"object_type":"law","relational_id":73566,"identifier":"15.2-4216","token":"15.2\/IV\/42\/15.2-4216","url":"\/15.2-4216\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-4216\/","token":"15.2\/IV\/42\/15.2-4216","dublin_core":{"Title":"State aid","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-4216","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Upon the organization of a planning district<\/span> commission<\/span>, it shall be entitled to receive state financial support to assist it in carrying out its purposes. Such state aid shall be in an amount as provided in the general appropriations act. In order<\/span> to be allocated such state aid, each planning district<\/span> commission<\/span> shall prepare and submit an annual report, as required in § 15.2-4215<\/a>, which details its compliance with the provisions of this chapter, and an annual work program of activities proposed for the next fiscal year. The fiscal year of the planning district<\/span> commission<\/span> shall end June 30. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> If two planning districts<\/span> are merged pursuant to § 15.2-4221<\/a>, the new district shall be entitled to receive the combined amount of aid to which the two districts it replaced separately would have been entitled for five years from the effective date of the merger. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSTATE AID (\u00a7 15.2-4216)\n\nA. Upon the organization of a planning district commission, it shall be entitled\nto receive state financial support to assist it in carrying out its purposes.\nSuch state aid shall be in an amount as provided in the general appropriations\nact. In order to be allocated such state aid, each planning district commission\nshall prepare and submit an annual report, as required in § 15.2-4215,\nwhich details its compliance with the provisions of this chapter, and an annual\nwork program of activities proposed for the next fiscal year. The fiscal year of\nthe planning district commission shall end June 30.\n\nB. If two planning districts are merged pursuant to § 15.2-4221, the new\ndistrict shall be entitled to receive the combined amount of aid to which the\ntwo districts it replaced separately would have been entitled for five years\nfrom the effective date of the merger.\n\nHISTORY: 1968, c. 224, \u00a7 15.1-1412; 1977, c. 613; 1985, c. 127; 1990, c. 722;\n1995, cc. 732, 796; 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}}