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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":[{"id":65494,"section_number":"62.1-44.15:78","catch_line":"State agency consistency","order_by":null,"url":"\/62.1-44.15_78\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":86461,"section_number":"62.1-44.15:72","catch_line":"Board to develop criteria","order_by":null,"url":"\/62.1-44.15_72\/"}],"permalink":{"id":269739,"object_type":"law","relational_id":85698,"identifier":"62.1-44.15:75","token":"62.1\/3.1\/2.5\/62.1-44.15_75","url":"\/62.1-44.15_75\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/62.1-44.15_75\/","token":"62.1\/3.1\/2.5\/62.1-44.15_75","dublin_core":{"Title":"Local governments outside of Tidewater Virginia may adopt provisions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 62.1-44.15:75","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Any local government, although not a part of <span class=\"dictionary\">Tidewater Virginia<\/span>, may employ the <span class=\"dictionary\">criteria<\/span> developed pursuant to \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Board to develop criteria\" href=\"\/62.1-44.15_72\/\">62.1-44.15:72<\/a> and may incorporate protection of the quality of <span class=\"dictionary\">state waters<\/span> into their comprehensive plans, zoning <span class=\"dictionary\">ordinances<\/span>, and subdivision <span class=\"dictionary\">ordinances<\/span> consistent with the provisions of this article.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLOCAL GOVERNMENTS OUTSIDE OF TIDEWATER VIRGINIA MAY ADOPT PROVISIONS (\u00a7\n62.1-44.15:75)\n\nAny local government, although not a part of Tidewater Virginia, may employ the\ncriteria developed pursuant to \u00a7 62.1-44.15:72 and may incorporate protection\nof the quality of state waters into their comprehensive plans, zoning\nordinances, and subdivision ordinances consistent with the provisions of this\narticle.\n\nHISTORY: 1988, cc. 608, 891, \u00a7 10.1-2110; 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}}