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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 608 and 891 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 1988 \u201cActs\u201d aren\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 1997, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?971+ful+CHAP0266\">266<\/a>; in 2013, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?131+ful+CHAP0756\">756<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?131+ful+CHAP0793\">793<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":269719,"object_type":"law","relational_id":84551,"identifier":"62.1-44.15:70","token":"62.1\/3.1\/2.5\/62.1-44.15_70","url":"\/62.1-44.15_70\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/62.1-44.15_70\/","token":"62.1\/3.1\/2.5\/62.1-44.15_70","dublin_core":{"Title":"Exclusive authority of Board to institute legal actions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 62.1-44.15:70","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span> shall have the exclusive authority to institute or intervene in legal and administrative actions to ensure compliance by local governing bodies with this article and with any <span class=\"dictionary\">criteria<\/span> or <span class=\"dictionary\">regulations<\/span> adopted hereunder.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEXCLUSIVE AUTHORITY OF BOARD TO INSTITUTE LEGAL ACTIONS (\u00a7 62.1-44.15:70)\n\nThe Board shall have the exclusive authority to institute or intervene in legal\nand administrative actions to ensure compliance by local governing bodies with\nthis article and with any criteria or regulations adopted hereunder.\n\nHISTORY: 1988, cc. 608, 891, \u00a7 10.1-2104; 1997, c. 266; 2013, cc. 756, 793.","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}}