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This law was first created in 1980. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 226 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 1980 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 1997, chapter 587<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":156665,"object_type":"law","relational_id":85825,"identifier":"15.2-948","token":"15.2\/II\/9\/4\/15.2-948","url":"\/15.2-948\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-948\/","token":"15.2\/II\/9\/4\/15.2-948","dublin_core":{"Title":"Locality may designate continuing source of revenue for mass transit","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-948","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The governing body<\/span> of any locality<\/span> may, within the limits permitted by the Constitution, designate any of its continuing sources of revenue, or portions thereof, as a stable and reliable source of revenue to pay its mass transit operating and debt service expenses to the extent that such designation is required by the United States as a prerequisite pursuant to Public Law<\/span> 96-184 to the provision of funds for mass transit construction and debt service which benefits any such locality<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLOCALITY MAY DESIGNATE CONTINUING SOURCE OF REVENUE FOR MASS TRANSIT (\u00a7\n15.2-948)\n\nThe governing body of any locality may, within the limits permitted by the\nConstitution, designate any of its continuing sources of revenue, or portions\nthereof, as a stable and reliable source of revenue to pay its mass transit\noperating and debt service expenses to the extent that such designation is\nrequired by the United States as a prerequisite pursuant to Public Law 96-184 to\nthe provision of funds for mass transit construction and debt service which\nbenefits any such locality.\n\nHISTORY: 1980, c. 226, \u00a7 15.1-37.3:5; 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}}