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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 6 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 1952, chapter 117; in 1956, chapter 25; in 1960, chapters 168 and 176; in 1962, chapter 623; in 1994, chapter 593<\/a>; in 1997, chapter 587<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":63943,"section_number":"15.2-1303","catch_line":"Associations to promote welfare of political subdivisions","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-1303\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":156613,"object_type":"law","relational_id":62024,"identifier":"15.2-940","token":"15.2\/II\/9\/3\/15.2-940","url":"\/15.2-940\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-940\/","token":"15.2\/II\/9\/3\/15.2-940","dublin_core":{"Title":"Expenditures for promoting resources and advantages of locality","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-940","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any locality<\/span> may, in its discretion, expend funds from the locally derived revenues of the locality<\/span> for the purpose of promoting the resources and advantages of the locality<\/span>. Such purpose shall include, without limiting the generality thereof, watershed projects and expenditures in connection therewith.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEXPENDITURES FOR PROMOTING RESOURCES AND ADVANTAGES OF LOCALITY (\u00a7 15.2-940)\n\nAny locality may, in its discretion, expend funds from the locally derived\nrevenues of the locality for the purpose of promoting the resources and\nadvantages of the locality. Such purpose shall include, without limiting the\ngenerality thereof, watershed projects and expenditures in connection therewith.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7\u00a7 15-11 through 15-13; 1952, c. 117; 1956, c. 25; 1960,\ncc. 168, 176; 1962, c. 623, \u00a7 15.1-10; 1994, c. 593; 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}}