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This law was first created in 1985. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 109 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 1985 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 6 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 1988, chapter 263; in 1991, chapter 35; in 1993, chapter 797; in 1994, chapter 650<\/a>; in 1995, chapters 732<\/a> and 796<\/a>; in 1997, chapter 587<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":157985,"object_type":"law","relational_id":76315,"identifier":"15.2-4220","token":"15.2\/IV\/42\/15.2-4220","url":"\/15.2-4220\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-4220\/","token":"15.2\/IV\/42\/15.2-4220","dublin_core":{"Title":"Dual membership authorized","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-4220","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any locality<\/span> which is a member of a planning district<\/span> commission<\/span> may become a member of an additional planning district<\/span> commission<\/span> upon such terms and conditions as mutually agreed to by the locality<\/span> and the additional planning district<\/span> commission<\/span>. The locality<\/span> shall notify the Department of Housing and Community Development of its membership status in the additional planning district<\/span> commission<\/span> within thirty days of becoming a member. Whenever a state-directed activity is conducted by all the planning district<\/span> commissions<\/span>, the planning district<\/span> boundaries identified by the Department of Housing and Community Development shall be used, unless alternative boundaries are agreed to by the localities and the planning district<\/span> commissions<\/span> affected. No additional state financial support shall be paid due to a locality<\/span> becoming a member of an additional planning district<\/span> commission<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDUAL MEMBERSHIP AUTHORIZED (\u00a7 15.2-4220)\n\nAny locality which is a member of a planning district commission may become a\nmember of an additional planning district commission upon such terms and\nconditions as mutually agreed to by the locality and the additional planning\ndistrict commission. The locality shall notify the Department of Housing and\nCommunity Development of its membership status in the additional planning\ndistrict commission within thirty days of becoming a member. Whenever a\nstate-directed activity is conducted by all the planning district commissions,\nthe planning district boundaries identified by the Department of Housing and\nCommunity Development shall be used, unless alternative boundaries are agreed to\nby the localities and the planning district commissions affected. No additional\nstate financial support shall be paid due to a locality becoming a member of an\nadditional planning district commission.\n\nHISTORY: 1985, c. 109, \u00a7 15.1-1416; 1988, c. 263; 1991, c. 35; 1993, c. 797;\n1994, c. 650; 1995, 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}}