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This law was first created in 1995. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 693<\/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 4 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 1996, chapter 861<\/a>; in 1997, chapter 587<\/a>; in 1998, chapter 680<\/a>; in 2005, chapter 716<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":77016,"section_number":"37.2-509","catch_line":"Mental health, developmental, and substance abuse services; allocation of funds by Department; reduction of funds","order_by":null,"url":"\/37.2-509\/"}],"permalink":{"id":210133,"object_type":"law","relational_id":63802,"identifier":"37.2-611","token":"37.2\/II\/6\/37.2-611","url":"\/37.2-611\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/37.2-611\/","token":"37.2\/II\/6\/37.2-611","dublin_core":{"Title":"Local appropriations; allocation of funds by Department; reduction of funds","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 37.2-611","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The city or county that established the authority<\/span> is authorized to make appropriations and to provide funds for the operation of the authority<\/span> and to further its purposes. Such appropriations for the authority<\/span> shall be subject to the requirements that are applicable to community services boards<\/span>, as set forth in \u00a7 37.2-509<\/a>. The Department<\/span> shall allocate available state<\/span>-controlled funds to behavioral health<\/span> authorities for disbursement in accordance with the provisions that are applicable to community services boards<\/span>, as set forth in \u00a7 37.2-509<\/a>, and shall notify the governing body of the city or county that established the authority<\/span> before implementing any reduction of state<\/span>-controlled funds.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLOCAL APPROPRIATIONS; ALLOCATION OF FUNDS BY DEPARTMENT; REDUCTION OF FUNDS (\u00a7\n37.2-611)\n\nThe city or county that established the authority is authorized to make\nappropriations and to provide funds for the operation of the authority and to\nfurther its purposes. Such appropriations for the authority shall be subject to\nthe requirements that are applicable to community services boards, as set forth\nin \u00a7 37.2-509. The Department shall allocate available state-controlled funds\nto behavioral health authorities for disbursement in accordance with the\nprovisions that are applicable to community services boards, as set forth in \u00a7\n37.2-509, and shall notify the governing body of the city or county that\nestablished the authority before implementing any reduction of state-controlled\nfunds.\n\nHISTORY: 1995, c. 693, \u00a7 15.1-1685; 1996, c. 861; 1997, c. 587, \u00a7 37.1-251;\n1998, c. 680; 2005, c. 716.","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}}