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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?951+ful+CHAP0249\">249<\/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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":187727,"object_type":"law","relational_id":64368,"identifier":"24.2-304.2","token":"24.2\/3\/2.1\/24.2-304.2","url":"\/24.2-304.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/24.2-304.2\/","token":"24.2\/3\/2.1\/24.2-304.2","dublin_core":{"Title":"Governing body authorized to expend funds for reapportionment","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 24.2-304.2","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The governing body of each county, city, or town is authorized to expend funds and employ persons as it may deem necessary to carry out the responsibilities relating to reapportionment provided by <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nGOVERNING BODY AUTHORIZED TO EXPEND FUNDS FOR REAPPORTIONMENT (\u00a7 24.2-304.2)\n\nThe governing body of each county, city, or town is authorized to expend funds\nand employ persons as it may deem necessary to carry out the responsibilities\nrelating to reapportionment provided by law.\n\nHISTORY: 1995, c. 249.","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}}