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This law was first created in 1993. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 663 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 1993 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 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 1994, chapter 160<\/a>; in 1997, chapter 587<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":84596,"section_number":"45.2-1021","catch_line":" Civil and criminal penalties","order_by":null,"url":"\/45.2-1021\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":159481,"object_type":"law","relational_id":67975,"identifier":"15.2-5500","token":"15.2\/IV\/55\/15.2-5500","url":"\/15.2-5500\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-5500\/","token":"15.2\/IV\/55\/15.2-5500","dublin_core":{"Title":"Heart of Appalachia Tourism Authority","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-5500","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

There is hereby established as a political subdivision, a body politic and corporate, the Heart of Appalachia Tourism Authority<\/span> (the Authority<\/span>) for the LENOWISCO and Cumberland Plateau Planning District Commissions. The Authority<\/span> shall promote, expand, and develop the tourism industries of this coal-producing region as a whole.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nHEART OF APPALACHIA TOURISM AUTHORITY (\u00a7 15.2-5500)\n\nThere is hereby established as a political subdivision, a body politic and\ncorporate, the Heart of Appalachia Tourism Authority (the Authority) for the\nLENOWISCO and Cumberland Plateau Planning District Commissions. The Authority\nshall promote, expand, and develop the tourism industries of this coal-producing\nregion as a whole.\n\nHISTORY: 1993, c. 663, \u00a7 15.1-1399.19; 1994, c. 160; 1997, c. 587; 2021, Sp.\nSess. I, c. 384.","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}}