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The Rural Coastal Virginia Community Enhancement Authority, hereinafter referred to as the Authority, is created as a body politic and corporate, a political subdivision of the Commonwealth. As such it shall have, and is hereby vested with, the powers and duties hereinafter conferred in this chapter. The Authority, if approved by the respective governing bodies, may consist of up to 12 of the counties within the Northern Neck, Middle Peninsula, and Accomack-Northampton planning districts as follows: Accomack, Essex, Gloucester, King and Queen, King William, Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex, Northampton, Northumberland, Richmond, and Westmoreland.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nAUTHORITY CREATED; NAME (\u00a7 15.2-7600)\n\nThe Rural Coastal Virginia Community Enhancement Authority, hereinafter referred\nto as the Authority, is created as a body politic and corporate, a political\nsubdivision of the Commonwealth. As such it shall have, and is hereby vested\nwith, the powers and duties hereinafter conferred in this chapter. The\nAuthority, if approved by the respective governing bodies, may consist of up to\n12 of the counties within the Northern Neck, Middle Peninsula, and\nAccomack-Northampton planning districts as follows: Accomack, Essex, Gloucester,\nKing and Queen, King William, Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex, Northampton,\nNorthumberland, Richmond, and Westmoreland.\n\nHISTORY: 2017, c. 388.","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}}