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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\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 1962, chapter 623; in 1997, chapter 587<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":151847,"object_type":"law","relational_id":61747,"identifier":"15.2-638","token":"15.2\/I\/6\/3\/15.2-638","url":"\/15.2-638\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-638\/","token":"15.2\/I\/6\/3\/15.2-638","dublin_core":{"Title":"Submission of annual financial plan by manager; notice and hearings thereon; adoption of budget","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-638","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Each year at least two weeks before the board must prepare its proposed annual budget, the county<\/span> manager shall prepare and submit to the board a budget presenting a financial plan for conducting the county<\/span>’s affairs for the ensuing year. Such budget shall be set up in the manner prescribed by general law<\/span>. Hearings<\/span> shall be held, notice given and the budget adopted in accordance with general law<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSUBMISSION OF ANNUAL FINANCIAL PLAN BY MANAGER; NOTICE AND HEARINGS THEREON;\nADOPTION OF BUDGET (\u00a7 15.2-638)\n\nEach year at least two weeks before the board must prepare its proposed annual\nbudget, the county manager shall prepare and submit to the board a budget\npresenting a financial plan for conducting the county’s affairs for the\nensuing year. Such budget shall be set up in the manner prescribed by general\nlaw. Hearings shall be held, notice given and the budget adopted in accordance\nwith general law.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 15-332; 1962, c. 623, \u00a7 15.1-655; 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}}