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This law was first created in 1997. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 587<\/a> 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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":158107,"object_type":"law","relational_id":54975,"identifier":"15.2-4601","token":"15.2\/IV\/46\/1\/15.2-4601","url":"\/15.2-4601\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-4601\/","token":"15.2\/IV\/46\/1\/15.2-4601","dublin_core":{"Title":"Purpose of chapter","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-4601","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

It is the intent<\/span> of the legislature to encourage the formation of transportation improvement districts<\/span> in multicounty circumstances in order<\/span> to facilitate regional transportation initiatives and to gain access to revenues<\/span> in addition to general state and local taxes for the purpose of accelerating construction of vital transportation improvements<\/span>.\n\t\tIt is the further intent<\/span> of the legislature to grant to governing bodies of counties in which such transportation improvement districts<\/span> may be formed the authority to provide long-term zoning and land use protection to properties paying the special taxes that further the purpose of this chapter.\n\t\tIt is the further intent<\/span> of the legislature that all districts<\/span> created pursuant to this chapter provide such long-term zoning protection where such special taxes have been imposed.\n\t\tIt is the further intent<\/span> of the legislature to declare that the formation of transportation improvement districts<\/span> and the granting of long-term land use protection in exchange for the payment of special taxes promote the public health, safety, and welfare.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPURPOSE OF CHAPTER (\u00a7 15.2-4601)\n\nIt is the intent of the legislature to encourage the formation of transportation\nimprovement districts in multicounty circumstances in order to facilitate\nregional transportation initiatives and to gain access to revenues in addition\nto general state and local taxes for the purpose of accelerating construction of\nvital transportation improvements.\n\t\tIt is the further intent of the legislature to grant to governing bodies of\ncounties in which such transportation improvement districts may be formed the\nauthority to provide long-term zoning and land use protection to properties\npaying the special taxes that further the purpose of this chapter.\n\t\tIt is the further intent of the legislature that all districts created\npursuant to this chapter provide such long-term zoning protection where such\nspecial taxes have been imposed.\n\t\tIt is the further intent of the legislature to declare that the formation of\ntransportation improvement districts and the granting of long-term land use\nprotection in exchange for the payment of special taxes promote the public\nhealth, safety, and welfare.\n\nHISTORY: 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}}