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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":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":159485,"object_type":"law","relational_id":55855,"identifier":"15.2-5501","token":"15.2\/IV\/55\/15.2-5501","url":"\/15.2-5501\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-5501\/","token":"15.2\/IV\/55\/15.2-5501","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-5501","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Authority<\/span>” means any the Heart of Appalachia Tourism Authority<\/span> created, organized and operated pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, or if such Authority<\/span> is abolished, the board, body, commission, department or officer succeeding to the principal functions thereof or to whom the powers given by this chapter are given by law<\/span>.\n\t\t“Participating locality<\/span>” means any county<\/span> or city<\/span> in the LENOWISCO or Cumberland Plateau Planning District Commissions with respect to which an authority<\/span> may be organized and in which it is contemplated the Authority<\/span> will function.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITIONS (\u00a7 15.2-5501)\n\nAs used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Authority” means any the Heart of Appalachia Tourism Authority\ncreated, organized and operated pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, or\nif such Authority is abolished, the board, body, commission, department or\nofficer succeeding to the principal functions thereof or to whom the powers\ngiven by this chapter are given by law.\n\t\t“Participating locality” means any county or city in the LENOWISCO\nor Cumberland Plateau Planning District Commissions with respect to which an\nauthority may be organized and in which it is contemplated the Authority will\nfunction.\n\nHISTORY: 1993, c. 663, \u00a7 15.1-1399.18; 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}}