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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 1962, chapter 623; in 1997, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?971+ful+CHAP0587\">587<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":151705,"object_type":"law","relational_id":64707,"identifier":"15.2-604","token":"15.2\/I\/6\/2\/15.2-604","url":"\/15.2-604\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-604\/","token":"15.2\/I\/6\/2\/15.2-604","dublin_core":{"Title":"General powers of board","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-604","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The <span class=\"dictionary\">board of supervisors<\/span> shall be the policy-determining body of the <span class=\"dictionary\">county<\/span> and shall be vested with all rights and powers conferred on boards of supervisors by general <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span>, consistent with the form of <span class=\"dictionary\">county<\/span> organization and government herein provided.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nGENERAL POWERS OF BOARD (\u00a7 15.2-604)\n\nThe board of supervisors shall be the policy-determining body of the county and\nshall be vested with all rights and powers conferred on boards of supervisors by\ngeneral law, consistent with the form of county organization and government\nherein provided.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 15-307; 1962, c. 623, \u00a7 15.1-625; 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}}