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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 1954, chapter 534; in 1970, chapter 322; in 2014, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?141+ful+CHAP0805\">805<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":56954,"section_number":"33.2-319","catch_line":"Payments to cities and certain towns for maintenance of certain highways","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-319\/"},{"id":81631,"section_number":"33.2-340","catch_line":"Maintenance, etc., by Commissioner of Highways when no request for allocation","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-340\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":59626,"section_number":"33.2-315","catch_line":"Transfer of highways, bridges, and streets from primary to secondary state highway system","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-315\/"}],"permalink":{"id":205905,"object_type":"law","relational_id":63618,"identifier":"33.2-339","token":"33.2\/II\/3\/3\/33.2-339","url":"\/33.2-339\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/33.2-339\/","token":"33.2\/II\/3\/3\/33.2-339","dublin_core":{"Title":"Maintenance, etc., of streets and highways in certain towns from secondary funds","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 33.2-339","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner of Highways<\/span> may, subject to the approval of the <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span>, upon request of the governing bodies of towns with a population of less than 3,500, according to the last United States census, select certain streets and highways in such towns for <span class=\"dictionary\">maintenance<\/span>, improvement, construction, and reconstruction from allocations available from <span class=\"dictionary\">secondary highway<\/span> funds not to exceed two miles of streets or highways in such towns included in the secondary state highway system, whether such two miles of streets or highways constitute connecting links between highways in the secondary state highway system in the counties or between highways in the secondary state highway system and highways in the primary state highway system, or not.\n\t\tThe <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner of Highways<\/span>, with the approval of the <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span>, in addition to the said two miles may increase the mileage of streets and highways in such towns annually, not to exceed in any one year one-fourth mile, exclusive of any mileage transferred from the primary state highway system under the provisions of \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Transfer of highways, bridges, and streets from primary to secondary state highway system\" href=\"\/33.2-315\/\">33.2-315<\/a> or any mileage maintained by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> prior to its annexation by such town.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nMAINTENANCE, ETC., OF STREETS AND HIGHWAYS IN CERTAIN TOWNS FROM SECONDARY FUNDS\n(\u00a7 33.2-339)\n\nThe Commissioner of Highways may, subject to the approval of the Board, upon\nrequest of the governing bodies of towns with a population of less than 3,500,\naccording to the last United States census, select certain streets and highways\nin such towns for maintenance, improvement, construction, and reconstruction\nfrom allocations available from secondary highway funds not to exceed two miles\nof streets or highways in such towns included in the secondary state highway\nsystem, whether such two miles of streets or highways constitute connecting\nlinks between highways in the secondary state highway system in the counties or\nbetween highways in the secondary state highway system and highways in the\nprimary state highway system, or not.\n\t\tThe Commissioner of Highways, with the approval of the Board, in addition to\nthe said two miles may increase the mileage of streets and highways in such\ntowns annually, not to exceed in any one year one-fourth mile, exclusive of any\nmileage transferred from the primary state highway system under the provisions\nof \u00a7 33.2-315 or any mileage maintained by the Department prior to its\nannexation by such town.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 33-50.1; 1954, c. 534; 1970, c. 322, \u00a7 33.1-79; 2014, c.\n805.","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}}