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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":[{"id":80080,"section_number":"62.1-44.15:74","catch_line":"Local governments to designate Chesapeake Bay Preservation Areas; incorporate into local plans and ordinances; impose civil penalties","order_by":null,"url":"\/62.1-44.15_74\/"},{"id":85698,"section_number":"62.1-44.15:75","catch_line":"Local governments outside of Tidewater Virginia may adopt provisions","order_by":null,"url":"\/62.1-44.15_75\/"}],"permalink":{"id":269751,"object_type":"law","relational_id":65494,"identifier":"62.1-44.15:78","token":"62.1\/3.1\/2.5\/62.1-44.15_78","url":"\/62.1-44.15_78\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/62.1-44.15_78\/","token":"62.1\/3.1\/2.5\/62.1-44.15_78","dublin_core":{"Title":"State agency consistency","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 62.1-44.15:78","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>All agencies of the Commonwealth shall exercise their authorities under the Constitution and <span class=\"dictionary\">laws<\/span> of Virginia in a manner consistent with the provisions of comprehensive plans, zoning <span class=\"dictionary\">ordinances<\/span>, and subdivision <span class=\"dictionary\">ordinances<\/span> that comply with \u00a7\u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Local governments to designate Chesapeake Bay Preservation Areas; incorporate into local plans and ordinances; impose civil penalties\" href=\"\/62.1-44.15_74\/\">62.1-44.15:74<\/a> and <a class=\"law\" title=\"Local governments outside of Tidewater Virginia may adopt provisions\" href=\"\/62.1-44.15_75\/\">62.1-44.15:75<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSTATE AGENCY CONSISTENCY (\u00a7 62.1-44.15:78)\n\nAll agencies of the Commonwealth shall exercise their authorities under the\nConstitution and laws of Virginia in a manner consistent with the provisions of\ncomprehensive plans, zoning ordinances, and subdivision ordinances that comply\nwith \u00a7\u00a7 62.1-44.15:74 and 62.1-44.15:75.\n\nHISTORY: 1988, cc. 608, 891, \u00a7 10.1-2114; 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}}