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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 187 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 1970 \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 1985, chapter 343; in 2001, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?011+ful+CHAP0142\">142<\/a>; in 2015, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?151+ful+CHAP0502\">502<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?151+ful+CHAP0503\">503<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":57518,"section_number":"27-23.1","catch_line":"Establishment of fire zones or districts; tax levies","order_by":null,"url":"\/27-23.1\/"}],"permalink":{"id":190121,"object_type":"law","relational_id":77638,"identifier":"27-23.5","token":"27\/2\/1\/27-23.5","url":"\/27-23.5\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/27-23.5\/","token":"27\/2\/1\/27-23.5","dublin_core":{"Title":"Exclusion of certain areas from fire zones or districts and exemption of such areas from certain levies","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 27-23.5","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The governing body of any city or county having a fire zone or district created under the provisions of \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Establishment of fire zones or districts; tax levies\" href=\"\/27-23.1\/\">27-23.1<\/a>, prior to June 1 of any calendar year, may alter the boundaries of such fire zone or district for the purpose of excluding an area of any such fire zone or district that is also within the boundaries of a sanitary district providing fire protection services or under <span class=\"dictionary\">contract<\/span> to a sanitary district providing fire protection services.\n\t\tAny area excluded from a fire zone or district as provided by this section shall not be subject to the <span class=\"dictionary\">levy<\/span> set forth in \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Establishment of fire zones or districts; tax levies\" href=\"\/27-23.1\/\">27-23.1<\/a> for the year such area is excluded.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEXCLUSION OF CERTAIN AREAS FROM FIRE ZONES OR DISTRICTS AND EXEMPTION OF SUCH\nAREAS FROM CERTAIN LEVIES (\u00a7 27-23.5)\n\nThe governing body of any city or county having a fire zone or district created\nunder the provisions of \u00a7 27-23.1, prior to June 1 of any calendar year, may\nalter the boundaries of such fire zone or district for the purpose of excluding\nan area of any such fire zone or district that is also within the boundaries of\na sanitary district providing fire protection services or under contract to a\nsanitary district providing fire protection services.\n\t\tAny area excluded from a fire zone or district as provided by this section\nshall not be subject to the levy set forth in \u00a7 27-23.1 for the year such area\nis excluded.\n\nHISTORY: 1970, c. 187; 1985, c. 343; 2001, c. 142; 2015, cc. 502, 503.","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}}