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This law was first created in 1982. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 374 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 1982 \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 587<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":83266,"section_number":"15.2-4300","catch_line":"Short title","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-4300\/"},{"id":67090,"section_number":"15.2-4304","catch_line":"Agricultural and forestal districts advisory committee","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-4304\/"}],"permalink":{"id":158077,"object_type":"law","relational_id":72483,"identifier":"15.2-4404","token":"15.2\/IV\/44\/15.2-4404","url":"\/15.2-4404\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-4404\/","token":"15.2\/IV\/44\/15.2-4404","dublin_core":{"Title":"Agricultural and forestal districts advisory committee","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-4404","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Upon receipt of the first agricultural and forestal district application submitted as permitted under an ordinance<\/span> adopted pursuant to this chapter, the local governing body<\/span> shall establish an advisory committee<\/span> as prescribed in \u00a7 15.2-4304<\/a>, which section shall apply mutatis mutandis<\/span>. If an advisory committee<\/span> has already been established pursuant to \u00a7 15.2-4304<\/a>, it shall carry out the duties prescribed in Chapter 43 (\u00a7 15.2-4300<\/a> et seq.) as well as in this chapter.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nAGRICULTURAL AND FORESTAL DISTRICTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE (\u00a7 15.2-4404)\n\nUpon receipt of the first agricultural and forestal district application\nsubmitted as permitted under an ordinance adopted pursuant to this chapter, the\nlocal governing body shall establish an advisory committee as prescribed in \u00a7\n15.2-4304, which section shall apply mutatis mutandis. If an advisory committee\nhas already been established pursuant to \u00a7 15.2-4304, it shall carry out the\nduties prescribed in Chapter 43 (\u00a7 15.2-4300 et seq.) as well as in this\nchapter.\n\nHISTORY: 1982, c. 374, \u00a7 15.1-1513.5; 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}}