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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?031+ful+CHAP0197\">197<\/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 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 2010, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?101+ful+CHAP0410\">410<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":83819,"section_number":"15.2-1301","catch_line":"Voluntary economic growth-sharing agreements","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-1301\/"},{"id":72559,"section_number":"15.2-2303.2","catch_line":"Proffered cash payments and expenditures","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-2303.2\/"},{"id":68774,"section_number":"15.2-2900","catch_line":"Purpose and intent","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-2900\/"},{"id":55382,"section_number":"15.2-3200","catch_line":"Boundaries of cities and towns to remain as established until changed","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-3200\/"},{"id":63407,"section_number":"15.2-3300","catch_line":"Purposes of chapter","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-3300\/"},{"id":75841,"section_number":"15.2-3400","catch_line":"Voluntary settlements among local governments","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-3400\/"},{"id":71162,"section_number":"15.2-3500","catch_line":"Application of article","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-3500\/"},{"id":57952,"section_number":"15.2-3600","catch_line":"Petition for incorporation of community; 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