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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 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 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":269731,"object_type":"law","relational_id":84298,"identifier":"62.1-44.15:73","token":"62.1\/3.1\/2.5\/62.1-44.15_73","url":"\/62.1-44.15_73\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/62.1-44.15_73\/","token":"62.1\/3.1\/2.5\/62.1-44.15_73","dublin_core":{"Title":"Local government authority","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 62.1-44.15:73","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Counties, cities, and towns are authorized to exercise their police and zoning powers to protect the quality of <span class=\"dictionary\">state waters<\/span> consistent with the provisions of this article.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLOCAL GOVERNMENT AUTHORITY (\u00a7 62.1-44.15:73)\n\nCounties, cities, and towns are authorized to exercise their police and zoning\npowers to protect the quality of state waters consistent with the provisions of\nthis article.\n\nHISTORY: 1988, cc. 608, 891, \u00a7 10.1-2108; 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}}