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This law was first created in 1989. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 285 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 1989 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 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 1996, chapters 590<\/a> and 598<\/a>; in 1997, chapter 587<\/a>; in 2001, chapter 66<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":82693,"section_number":"15.2-1800","catch_line":"Purchase, sale, use, etc., of real property","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-1800\/"}],"permalink":{"id":156617,"object_type":"law","relational_id":67494,"identifier":"15.2-941","token":"15.2\/II\/9\/3\/15.2-941","url":"\/15.2-941\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-941\/","token":"15.2\/II\/9\/3\/15.2-941","dublin_core":{"Title":"Participation by local government in certain loan programs","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-941","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any locality<\/span> or other political subdivision may participate in a program known as the “Virginia Shell Building Initiative.” It is the intent<\/span> of the General Assembly that this program, administered by the Virginia Economic Development Partnership, make available moneys to any locality<\/span> or any other political subdivision for the express purpose of constructing industrial shell buildings, or renovating existing buildings, to be sold or leased at public or private sale to any person that will locate thereon any manufacturing, processing, technology-related or similar establishment.\n\t\tPrior to filing an application with the Authority to participate in this program, the governing body<\/span> shall hold a public hearing<\/span> on the application and disposal of the proposed industrial shell buildings and related real estate. This public hearing<\/span> process shall fulfill the public hearing<\/span> requirements for the disposal of property set forth in \u00a7 15.2-1800<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPARTICIPATION BY LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN CERTAIN LOAN PROGRAMS (\u00a7 15.2-941)\n\nAny locality or other political subdivision may participate in a program known\nas the “Virginia Shell Building Initiative.” It is the intent of the\nGeneral Assembly that this program, administered by the Virginia Economic\nDevelopment Partnership, make available moneys to any locality or any other\npolitical subdivision for the express purpose of constructing industrial shell\nbuildings, or renovating existing buildings, to be sold or leased at public or\nprivate sale to any person that will locate thereon any manufacturing,\nprocessing, technology-related or similar establishment.\n\t\tPrior to filing an application with the Authority to participate in this\nprogram, the governing body shall hold a public hearing on the application and\ndisposal of the proposed industrial shell buildings and related real estate.\nThis public hearing process shall fulfill the public hearing requirements for\nthe disposal of property set forth in \u00a7 15.2-1800.\n\nHISTORY: 1989, c. 285, \u00a7 15.1-18.4; 1996, cc. 590, 598; 1997, c. 587; 2001, c.\n66.","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}}