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In all cases, decisions of the Commission shall require the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the members of the Commission, or their designees, present and voting, and two-thirds of the total of chief elected officers and elected officials who represent the counties and cities embraced by Planning District 23, or their designees, who are present and voting and whose counties and cities include at least two-thirds of the population embraced by the Commission; however, no motion to fund a specific facility or service shall fail because of this population criterion if such facility or service is not located or to be located or provided or to be provided within the county or city whose chief elected officer’s or elected official’s, or its respective designee’s, sole negative vote caused the facility or service to fail to meet the population criterion. The population of counties and cities embraced by the Commission shall be the population as determined by the most recently preceding decennial census, except that on July 1 of the fifth year following such census, the population of each county and city shall be adjusted, based on population estimates made by the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service of the University of Virginia.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":253442,"text":"A majority of the Commission, which majority shall include at least a majority of the total of chief elected officers and elected officials who represent the counties and cities embraced by the Commission, or their designees pursuant to \u00a7 33.2-2602, shall constitute a quorum. Decisions of the Commission shall require a quorum and shall be in accordance with voting procedures established by the Commission. In all cases, decisions of the Commission shall require the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the members of the Commission, or their designees, present and voting, and two-thirds of the total of chief elected officers and elected officials who represent the counties and cities embraced by Planning District 23, or their designees, who are present and voting and whose counties and cities include at least two-thirds of the population embraced by the Commission; however, no motion to fund a specific facility or service shall fail because of this population criterion if such facility or service is not located or to be located or provided or to be provided within the county or city whose chief elected officer’s or elected official’s, or its respective designee’s, sole negative vote caused the facility or service to fail to meet the population criterion. 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This law was first created in 2014. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 545<\/a> and 678<\/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 2015, chapter 232<\/a>; in 2016, chapters 603<\/a> and 608<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":54003,"section_number":"33.2-2602","catch_line":"Composition of Commission","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-2602\/"}],"permalink":{"id":207443,"object_type":"law","relational_id":70181,"identifier":"33.2-2604","token":"33.2\/IV\/26\/33.2-2604","url":"\/33.2-2604\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/33.2-2604\/","token":"33.2\/IV\/26\/33.2-2604","dublin_core":{"Title":"Decisions of Commission","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 33.2-2604","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A majority of the Commission, which majority shall include at least a majority of the total of chief elected officers and elected officials who represent the counties and cities embraced by the Commission, or their designees pursuant to \u00a7 33.2-2602<\/a>, shall constitute a quorum. Decisions of the Commission shall require a quorum and shall be in accordance with voting procedures established by the Commission. In all cases, decisions of the Commission shall require the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the members of the Commission, or their designees, present and voting, and two-thirds of the total of chief elected officers and elected officials who represent the counties and cities embraced by Planning District 23, or their designees, who are present and voting and whose counties and cities include at least two-thirds of the population embraced by the Commission; however, no motion<\/span> to fund a specific facility or service shall fail because of this population criterion if such facility or service is not located or to be located or provided or to be provided within the county or city whose chief elected officer’s or elected official’s, or its respective designee’s, sole negative vote caused the facility or service to fail to meet the population criterion. The population of counties and cities embraced by the Commission shall be the population as determined by the most recently preceding decennial census, except that on July 1 of the fifth year following such census, the population of each county and city shall be adjusted, based on population estimates made by the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service of the University of Virginia.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDECISIONS OF COMMISSION (\u00a7 33.2-2604)\n\nA majority of the Commission, which majority shall include at least a majority\nof the total of chief elected officers and elected officials who represent the\ncounties and cities embraced by the Commission, or their designees pursuant to\n\u00a7 33.2-2602, shall constitute a quorum. Decisions of the Commission shall\nrequire a quorum and shall be in accordance with voting procedures established\nby the Commission. In all cases, decisions of the Commission shall require the\naffirmative vote of two-thirds of the members of the Commission, or their\ndesignees, present and voting, and two-thirds of the total of chief elected\nofficers and elected officials who represent the counties and cities embraced by\nPlanning District 23, or their designees, who are present and voting and whose\ncounties and cities include at least two-thirds of the population embraced by\nthe Commission; however, no motion to fund a specific facility or service shall\nfail because of this population criterion if such facility or service is not\nlocated or to be located or provided or to be provided within the county or city\nwhose chief elected officer’s or elected official’s, or its\nrespective designee’s, sole negative vote caused the facility or service\nto fail to meet the population criterion. The population of counties and cities\nembraced by the Commission shall be the population as determined by the most\nrecently preceding decennial census, except that on July 1 of the fifth year\nfollowing such census, the population of each county and city shall be adjusted,\nbased on population estimates made by the Weldon Cooper Center for Public\nService of the University of Virginia.\n\nHISTORY: 2014, cc. 545, 678; 2015, c. 232; 2016, cc. 603, 608.","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}}