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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?041+ful+CHAP0623\">623<\/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 2014, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?141+ful+CHAP0805\">805<\/a>; in 2015, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?151+ful+CHAP0684\">684<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":62249,"section_number":"33.2-371","catch_line":"Highway construction district grant programs","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-371\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":60169,"section_number":"33.2-209","catch_line":"Construction and maintenance contracts and activities related to passenger and freight rail and public transportation","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-209\/"},{"id":57318,"section_number":"33.2-214","catch_line":"Transportation; Six-Year Improvement Program","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-214\/"},{"id":81007,"section_number":"33.2-221","catch_line":"Other powers, duties, and responsibilities","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-221\/"},{"id":62249,"section_number":"33.2-371","catch_line":"Highway construction district grant programs","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-371\/"}],"permalink":{"id":205015,"object_type":"law","relational_id":81611,"identifier":"33.2-228","token":"33.2\/I\/2\/3\/33.2-228","url":"\/33.2-228\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/33.2-228\/","token":"33.2\/I\/2\/3\/33.2-228","dublin_core":{"Title":"Agreements between Commissioner of Highways and certain localities","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 33.2-228","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Notwithstanding the provisions of \u00a7\u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Construction and maintenance contracts and activities related to passenger and freight rail and public transportation\" href=\"\/33.2-209\/\">33.2-209<\/a>, <a class=\"law\" title=\"Transportation; Six-Year Improvement Program\" href=\"\/33.2-214\/\">33.2-214<\/a>, and <a class=\"law\" title=\"Other powers, duties, and responsibilities\" href=\"\/33.2-221\/\">33.2-221<\/a>, the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner of Highways<\/span>, pursuant to a resolution adopted by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span> and following receipt of a resolution adopted by the governing body of a locality, may enter into an agreement with any such locality pursuant to which the locality assumes responsibility for the design, right-of-way acquisition, and construction of highways or portions thereof in such locality, using funds allocated pursuant to \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Highway construction district grant programs\" href=\"\/33.2-371\/\">33.2-371<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nAGREEMENTS BETWEEN COMMISSIONER OF HIGHWAYS AND CERTAIN LOCALITIES (\u00a7 33.2-228)\n\nNotwithstanding the provisions of \u00a7\u00a7 33.2-209, 33.2-214, and 33.2-221, the\nCommissioner of Highways, pursuant to a resolution adopted by the Board and\nfollowing receipt of a resolution adopted by the governing body of a locality,\nmay enter into an agreement with any such locality pursuant to which the\nlocality assumes responsibility for the design, right-of-way acquisition, and\nconstruction of highways or portions thereof in such locality, using funds\nallocated pursuant to \u00a7 33.2-371.\n\nHISTORY: 2004, c. 623, \u00a7 33.1-12.1; 2014, c. 805; 2015, c. 684.","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}}