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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. 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 1970, chapter 322; in 2014, chapter 805<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":206211,"object_type":"law","relational_id":57590,"identifier":"33.2-700","token":"33.2\/II\/7\/1\/33.2-700","url":"\/33.2-700\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/33.2-700\/","token":"33.2\/II\/7\/1\/33.2-700","dublin_core":{"Title":"Transfer of highways, etc., from secondary state highway system to local authorities","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 33.2-700","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Whenever any town has a population of more than 3,500 inhabitants, all the streets, highways<\/span>, causeways, bridges, landings, and wharves in such town that were incorporated within the secondary state highway<\/span> system shall be eliminated from such system and the control and jurisdiction<\/span> over them shall be vested in the local authorities. This section shall in no way affect the rights of such towns to receive the benefits provided elsewhere in this title.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nTRANSFER OF HIGHWAYS, ETC., FROM SECONDARY STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM TO LOCAL\nAUTHORITIES (\u00a7 33.2-700)\n\nWhenever any town has a population of more than 3,500 inhabitants, all the\nstreets, highways, causeways, bridges, landings, and wharves in such town that\nwere incorporated within the secondary state highway system shall be eliminated\nfrom such system and the control and jurisdiction over them shall be vested in\nthe local authorities. This section shall in no way affect the rights of such\ntowns to receive the benefits provided elsewhere in this title.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 33-137; 1970, c. 322, \u00a7 33.1-224; 2014, c. 805.","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}}