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Upon such declaration, the commissions of the two districts shall be merged into one commission. The commission of the new district thereupon shall organize as provided in \u00a7 15.2-4203; however, nothing shall prevent the commissions of the two districts which are to be merged from agreeing to the terms of such organization prior to their vote to merge.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":282225,"text":"The commissions of any two planning districts and a majority of the governing bodies of the localities comprising each district, upon finding that the community of interest, ease of communications and transportation, and geographic factors and natural boundaries among the localities of the two districts are such that the best interest of the localities would be served, may by resolutions concurrently adopted vote to merge into one district and request the Department of Housing and Community Development to declare the districts so merged. Upon such declaration, the commissions of the two districts shall be merged into one commission. The commission of the new district thereupon shall organize as provided in \u00a7 15.2-4203; however, nothing shall prevent the commissions of the two districts which are to be merged from agreeing to the terms of such organization prior to their vote to merge.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":15334,"edition_id":1,"name":"Regional Cooperation Act","identifier":"42","label":"chapter","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12721,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:54:02","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:54:02","permalink":{"id":157899,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":15334,"identifier":"42","token":"15.2\/IV\/42","url":"\/15.2\/IV\/42\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12721,"edition_id":1,"name":"Other Governmental Entities","identifier":"IV","label":"subtitle","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12720,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:49","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:49","permalink":{"id":157897,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12721,"identifier":"IV","token":"15.2\/IV","url":"\/15.2\/IV\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12720,"edition_id":1,"name":"Counties, Cities and Towns","identifier":"15.2","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:49","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:49","permalink":{"id":151279,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12720,"identifier":"15.2","token":"15.2","url":"\/15.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":58779,"structure_id":15334,"section_number":"15.2-4200","catch_line":"Short title","url":"\/15.2-4200\/","token":"15.2\/IV\/42\/15.2-4200","metadata":false},{"id":68634,"structure_id":15334,"section_number":"15.2-4201","catch_line":"Purpose of chapter","url":"\/15.2-4201\/","token":"15.2\/IV\/42\/15.2-4201","metadata":false},{"id":58368,"structure_id":15334,"section_number":"15.2-4202","catch_line":"Definitions","url":"\/15.2-4202\/","token":"15.2\/IV\/42\/15.2-4202","metadata":false},{"id":71788,"structure_id":15334,"section_number":"15.2-4203","catch_line":"Organization of planning district commission","url":"\/15.2-4203\/","token":"15.2\/IV\/42\/15.2-4203","metadata":false},{"id":66538,"structure_id":15334,"section_number":"15.2-4204","catch_line":"Disposition of earnings and assets of planning district commissions","url":"\/15.2-4204\/","token":"15.2\/IV\/42\/15.2-4204","metadata":false},{"id":70761,"structure_id":15334,"section_number":"15.2-4205","catch_line":"Powers of commission generally","url":"\/15.2-4205\/","token":"15.2\/IV\/42\/15.2-4205","metadata":false},{"id":64020,"structure_id":15334,"section_number":"15.2-4206","catch_line":"Additional powers of planning district commissions","url":"\/15.2-4206\/","token":"15.2\/IV\/42\/15.2-4206","metadata":false},{"id":86408,"structure_id":15334,"section_number":"15.2-4207","catch_line":"Purposes of commission","url":"\/15.2-4207\/","token":"15.2\/IV\/42\/15.2-4207","metadata":false},{"id":73451,"structure_id":15334,"section_number":"15.2-4208","catch_line":"General duties of planning district commissions","url":"\/15.2-4208\/","token":"15.2\/IV\/42\/15.2-4208","metadata":false},{"id":73965,"structure_id":15334,"section_number":"15.2-4209","catch_line":"Preparation and adoption of regional strategic plan","url":"\/15.2-4209\/","token":"15.2\/IV\/42\/15.2-4209","metadata":false},{"id":67641,"structure_id":15334,"section_number":"15.2-4210","catch_line":"Commission to act only in conformity with regional strategic plan","url":"\/15.2-4210\/","token":"15.2\/IV\/42\/15.2-4210","metadata":false},{"id":63747,"structure_id":15334,"section_number":"15.2-4211","catch_line":"Amendment of regional strategic plan","url":"\/15.2-4211\/","token":"15.2\/IV\/42\/15.2-4211","metadata":false},{"id":62612,"structure_id":15334,"section_number":"15.2-4212","catch_line":"Review of regional strategic plan by commission","url":"\/15.2-4212\/","token":"15.2\/IV\/42\/15.2-4212","metadata":false},{"id":70486,"structure_id":15334,"section_number":"15.2-4213","catch_line":"Commission to be informed of applications for state or federal aid by local governing bodies","url":"\/15.2-4213\/","token":"15.2\/IV\/42\/15.2-4213","metadata":false},{"id":69709,"structure_id":15334,"section_number":"15.2-4214","catch_line":"Cooperation and consultation with other agencies","url":"\/15.2-4214\/","token":"15.2\/IV\/42\/15.2-4214","metadata":false},{"id":81652,"structure_id":15334,"section_number":"15.2-4215","catch_line":"Annual report required","url":"\/15.2-4215\/","token":"15.2\/IV\/42\/15.2-4215","metadata":false},{"id":73566,"structure_id":15334,"section_number":"15.2-4216","catch_line":"State aid","url":"\/15.2-4216\/","token":"15.2\/IV\/42\/15.2-4216","metadata":false},{"id":60536,"structure_id":15334,"section_number":"15.2-4217","catch_line":"Regional Cooperation Incentive Fund created; 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 722 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 1990 \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 <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?971+ful+CHAP0587\">587<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":73566,"section_number":"15.2-4216","catch_line":"State aid","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-4216\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":71788,"section_number":"15.2-4203","catch_line":"Organization of planning district commission","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-4203\/"}],"permalink":{"id":157989,"object_type":"law","relational_id":78768,"identifier":"15.2-4221","token":"15.2\/IV\/42\/15.2-4221","url":"\/15.2-4221\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-4221\/","token":"15.2\/IV\/42\/15.2-4221","dublin_core":{"Title":"Merger of two planning district commissions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-4221","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The <span class=\"dictionary\">commissions<\/span> of any two <span class=\"dictionary\">planning districts<\/span> and a majority of the governing bodies of the localities comprising each district, upon <span class=\"dictionary\">finding<\/span> that the community of interest, ease of communications and transportation, and geographic factors and natural boundaries among the localities of the two districts are such that the best interest of the localities would be served, may by resolutions concurrently adopted vote to merge into one district and request the Department of Housing and Community Development to declare the districts so merged. 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The <span class=\"dictionary\">commission<\/span> of the new district thereupon shall organize as provided in \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Organization of planning district commission\" href=\"\/15.2-4203\/\">15.2-4203<\/a>; however, nothing shall prevent the <span class=\"dictionary\">commissions<\/span> of the two districts which are to be merged from agreeing to the terms of such organization prior to their vote to merge.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nMERGER OF TWO PLANNING DISTRICT COMMISSIONS (\u00a7 15.2-4221)\n\nThe commissions of any two planning districts and a majority of the governing\nbodies of the localities comprising each district, upon finding that the\ncommunity of interest, ease of communications and transportation, and geographic\nfactors and natural boundaries among the localities of the two districts are\nsuch that the best interest of the localities would be served, may by\nresolutions concurrently adopted vote to merge into one district and request the\nDepartment of Housing and Community Development to declare the districts so\nmerged. Upon such declaration, the commissions of the two districts shall be\nmerged into one commission. The commission of the new district thereupon shall\norganize as provided in \u00a7 15.2-4203; however, nothing shall prevent the\ncommissions of the two districts which are to be merged from agreeing to the\nterms of such organization prior to their vote to merge.\n\nHISTORY: 1990, c. 722, \u00a7 15.1-1416.1; 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}}