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This law was first created in 1995. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 758<\/a> 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. 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 2001, chapter 844<\/a>; in 2012, chapters 779<\/a> and 817<\/a>; in 2017, chapter 633<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":76603,"section_number":"2.2-2201","catch_line":"Short title; definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-2201\/"},{"id":57668,"section_number":"2.2-2204","catch_line":"Powers of the Authority","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-2204\/"},{"id":75025,"section_number":"45.2-1805","catch_line":" Membership; terms; vacancies; expenses","order_by":null,"url":"\/45.2-1805\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":174153,"object_type":"law","relational_id":86402,"identifier":"2.2-2202","token":"2.2\/I\/D\/22\/2\/2.2-2202","url":"\/2.2-2202\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/2.2-2202\/","token":"2.2\/I\/D\/22\/2\/2.2-2202","dublin_core":{"Title":"Declaration of public purpose; Virginia Commercial Space Flight Authority created","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 2.2-2202","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The General Assembly has determined that there exists in the Commonwealth<\/span> a need to promote industrial and economic development and scientific and technological research and development through the development and promotion of the commercial and government aerospace industry.\n\t\tIn order<\/span> to facilitate and coordinate the advancement of these needs, there is hereby created the Virginia Commercial Space Flight Authority<\/span>, with the powers and duties set forth in this article, as a public body corporate and as a political subdivision of the Commonwealth<\/span>. The Authority<\/span> is constituted as a public instrumentality exercising public functions, and the exercise by the Authority<\/span> of the powers and duties conferred by this article shall be deemed and held to be the performance of an essential government function of the Commonwealth<\/span> and a public purpose.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDECLARATION OF PUBLIC PURPOSE; VIRGINIA COMMERCIAL SPACE FLIGHT AUTHORITY\nCREATED (\u00a7 2.2-2202)\n\nThe General Assembly has determined that there exists in the Commonwealth a need\nto promote industrial and economic development and scientific and technological\nresearch and development through the development and promotion of the commercial\nand government aerospace industry.\n\t\tIn order to facilitate and coordinate the advancement of these needs, there is\nhereby created the Virginia Commercial Space Flight Authority, with the powers\nand duties set forth in this article, as a public body corporate and as a\npolitical subdivision of the Commonwealth. The Authority is constituted as a\npublic instrumentality exercising public functions, and the exercise by the\nAuthority of the powers and duties conferred by this article shall be deemed and\nheld to be the performance of an essential government function of the\nCommonwealth and a public purpose.\n\nHISTORY: 1995, c. 758, \u00a7 9-266.3; 2001, c. 844; 2012, cc. 779, 817; 2017, c.\n633.","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}}