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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":[{"id":67530,"section_number":"15.2-4802","catch_line":"Creation of district","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-4802\/"}],"permalink":{"id":158327,"object_type":"law","relational_id":71565,"identifier":"15.2-4815","token":"15.2\/IV\/48\/3\/15.2-4815","url":"\/15.2-4815\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-4815\/","token":"15.2\/IV\/48\/3\/15.2-4815","dublin_core":{"Title":"Jurisdiction of counties, towns and officers, etc., not affected","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-4815","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Neither the creation of a district<\/span> nor any other provision in this article shall affect the power, jurisdiction<\/span>, or duties of the respective local governing bodies, sheriffs, treasurers, commissioners of revenue, circuit<\/span>, district<\/span>, or other courts<\/span>, clerks of any court<\/span>, magistrates<\/span>, or any other town<\/span>, county<\/span>, or state officer in regard to the area embraced in any district<\/span>, nor restrict or prevent any town<\/span> or county<\/span> or its governing body<\/span> from imposing and collecting taxes or assessments for public improvements as permitted by law<\/span>. Notwithstanding any contrary provisions of law<\/span>, any county<\/span> that creates a district<\/span> pursuant to this section may obligate itself with respect to the zoning ordinances<\/span>, zoning ordinance<\/span> text, and regulations relating thereto for all classifications within the district<\/span> as provided in subsection C of \u00a7 15.2-4802<\/a> for a term not to exceed 20 years from the date on which such a district<\/span> is created.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nJURISDICTION OF COUNTIES, TOWNS AND OFFICERS, ETC., NOT AFFECTED (\u00a7 15.2-4815)\n\nNeither the creation of a district nor any other provision in this article shall\naffect the power, jurisdiction, or duties of the respective local governing\nbodies, sheriffs, treasurers, commissioners of revenue, circuit, district, or\nother courts, clerks of any court, magistrates, or any other town, county, or\nstate officer in regard to the area embraced in any district, nor restrict or\nprevent any town or county or its governing body from imposing and collecting\ntaxes or assessments for public improvements as permitted by law.\nNotwithstanding any contrary provisions of law, any county that creates a\ndistrict pursuant to this section may obligate itself with respect to the zoning\nordinances, zoning ordinance text, and regulations relating thereto for all\nclassifications within the district as provided in subsection C of \u00a7 15.2-4802\nfor a term not to exceed 20 years from the date on which such a district is\ncreated.\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}}