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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 541 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. Unfortunately, the 1958 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. 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 1989, chapter 727.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":230089,"object_type":"law","relational_id":84715,"identifier":"46.2-1311","token":"46.2\/III\/13\/46.2-1311","url":"\/46.2-1311\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-1311\/","token":"46.2\/III\/13\/46.2-1311","dublin_core":{"Title":"Applicability of county ordinances within towns","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-1311","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Any traffic <span class=\"dictionary\">ordinance<\/span> adopted by the <span class=\"dictionary\">governing body<\/span> of a county shall not apply within the limits of any town in which the traffic is regulated by town <span class=\"dictionary\">ordinances<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nAPPLICABILITY OF COUNTY ORDINANCES WITHIN TOWNS (\u00a7 46.2-1311)\n\nAny traffic ordinance adopted by the governing body of a county shall not apply\nwithin the limits of any town in which the traffic is regulated by town\nordinances.\n\nHISTORY: 1958, c. 541, \u00a7 46.1-185; 1989, c. 727.","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}}