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No such ordinance shall be in force between May 1 of any year and the following April 30 whenever the amount of money in this special fund is more than twice the average annual disbursement made from the fund for the payment of damage claims in the locality during the immediately preceding three years. However, such estoppel shall not apply to any locality during the first three years immediately following the effective date of the first such ordinance adopted by the governing body of that locality pursuant to this or any earlier similar enabling act.B\n\nAny locality which has adopted an ordinance prior to July 1, 1981, will not be required to adopt a new ordinance; however, any prior ordinance shall be administered pursuant to the provisions of this article.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":303142,"text":"Any local governing body may adopt an ordinance consistent with the provisions of this article for the purpose of establishing a damage stamp program. 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This law was first created in 1981. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 16 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 1981 \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 1987, chapter 488.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":192839,"object_type":"law","relational_id":84592,"identifier":"29.1-353","token":"29.1\/3\/3\/29.1-353","url":"\/29.1-353\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/29.1-353\/","token":"29.1\/3\/3\/29.1-353","dublin_core":{"Title":"Local governing body to adopt ordinance","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 29.1-353","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Any local governing body may adopt an ordinance<\/span> consistent with the provisions of this article for the purpose of establishing a damage stamp program. No such ordinance<\/span> shall be in force between May 1 of any year and the following April 30 whenever the amount of money in this special fund is more than twice the average annual disbursement made from the fund for the payment of damage claims in the locality during the immediately preceding three years. However, such estoppel shall not apply to any locality during the first three years immediately following the effective date of the first such ordinance<\/span> adopted by the governing body of that locality pursuant to this or any earlier similar enabling act. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Any locality which has adopted an ordinance<\/span> prior to July 1, 1981, will not be required to adopt a new ordinance<\/span>; however, any prior ordinance<\/span> shall be administered pursuant to the provisions of this article. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLOCAL GOVERNING BODY TO ADOPT ORDINANCE (\u00a7 29.1-353)\n\nA. Any local governing body may adopt an ordinance consistent with the\nprovisions of this article for the purpose of establishing a damage stamp\nprogram. No such ordinance shall be in force between May 1 of any year and the\nfollowing April 30 whenever the amount of money in this special fund is more\nthan twice the average annual disbursement made from the fund for the payment of\ndamage claims in the locality during the immediately preceding three years.\nHowever, such estoppel shall not apply to any locality during the first three\nyears immediately following the effective date of the first such ordinance\nadopted by the governing body of that locality pursuant to this or any earlier\nsimilar enabling act.\n\nB. Any locality which has adopted an ordinance prior to July 1, 1981, will not\nbe required to adopt a new ordinance; however, any prior ordinance shall be\nadministered pursuant to the provisions of this article.\n\nHISTORY: 1981, c. 16, \u00a7 29-92.2; 1987, c. 488.","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}}