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The Southwest has suffered, and continues to suffer, widespread unemployment in great disproportion to the rest of the Commonwealth.\n\t\tThe Virginia Coalfield Economic Development Authority will assist the seven county and one city coal producing areas of the Commonwealth to achieve some degree of economic stability.\n\t\tIt is hereby further declared that the foregoing is a public purpose and use for which public moneys may be spent and such activity will serve a public purpose in providing jobs to the citizens of the Commonwealth.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":231298,"text":"The economy of Southwest Virginia has not kept pace with that of the rest of the Commonwealth. The economic problems of Southwest Virginia are due in large part to its present inability to diversify. 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This law was first created in 1988. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 833 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 1988 \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":false,"permalink":{"id":159925,"object_type":"law","relational_id":63488,"identifier":"15.2-6001","token":"15.2\/IV\/60\/15.2-6001","url":"\/15.2-6001\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-6001\/","token":"15.2\/IV\/60\/15.2-6001","dublin_core":{"Title":"Findings of fact","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-6001","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The economy of Southwest Virginia has not kept pace with that of the rest of the Commonwealth. The economic problems of Southwest Virginia are due in large part to its present inability to diversify. The Southwest has suffered, and continues to suffer, widespread unemployment in great disproportion to the rest of the Commonwealth.\n\t\tThe Virginia Coalfield Economic Development Authority will assist the seven county<\/span> and one city<\/span> coal producing areas of the Commonwealth to achieve some degree of economic stability.\n\t\tIt is hereby further declared that the foregoing is a public purpose and use for which public moneys may be spent and such activity will serve a public purpose in providing jobs to the citizens of the Commonwealth.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nFINDINGS OF FACT (\u00a7 15.2-6001)\n\nThe economy of Southwest Virginia has not kept pace with that of the rest of the\nCommonwealth. The economic problems of Southwest Virginia are due in large part\nto its present inability to diversify. The Southwest has suffered, and continues\nto suffer, widespread unemployment in great disproportion to the rest of the\nCommonwealth.\n\t\tThe Virginia Coalfield Economic Development Authority will assist the seven\ncounty and one city coal producing areas of the Commonwealth to achieve some\ndegree of economic stability.\n\t\tIt is hereby further declared that the foregoing is a public purpose and use\nfor which public moneys may be spent and such activity will serve a public\npurpose in providing jobs to the citizens of the Commonwealth.\n\nHISTORY: 1988, c. 833, \u00a7 15.1-1636; 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}}