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This law was first created in 2004. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 938<\/a> and 964<\/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 2 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 2005, chapter 703<\/a>; in 2024, chapters 132<\/a> and 133<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":57207,"section_number":"2.2-2723","catch_line":"Powers and duties of the Board of Trustees and the Center","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-2723\/"}],"permalink":{"id":175621,"object_type":"law","relational_id":75074,"identifier":"2.2-2720","token":"2.2\/I\/D\/27\/7\/2.2-2720","url":"\/2.2-2720\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/2.2-2720\/","token":"2.2\/I\/D\/27\/7\/2.2-2720","dublin_core":{"Title":"The Senator Frank M. Ruff, Jr. Center for Rural Virginia; purpose","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 2.2-2720","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Senator Frank M. Ruff, Jr. Center for Rural Virginia, hereinafter referred to as “the Center,” is hereby created as an independent nonprofit local entity without political subdivision status, for the purpose of sustaining economic growth in the rural areas of the Commonwealth and lessening the burdens of government through the activities prescribed in subsection B of \u00a7 2.2-2723<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nTHE SENATOR FRANK M. RUFF, JR. CENTER FOR RURAL VIRGINIA; PURPOSE (\u00a7 2.2-2720)\n\nThe Senator Frank M. Ruff, Jr. Center for Rural Virginia, hereinafter referred\nto as “the Center,” is hereby created as an independent nonprofit\nlocal entity without political subdivision status, for the purpose of sustaining\neconomic growth in the rural areas of the Commonwealth and lessening the burdens\nof government through the activities prescribed in subsection B of \u00a7 2.2-2723.\n\nHISTORY: 2004, cc. 938, 964; 2005, c. 703; 2024, cc. 132, 133.","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}}