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This law was first created in 1979. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 83 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 1979 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 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 1981, chapter 485; in 1998, chapter 872<\/a>; in 2001, chapter 844<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":55107,"section_number":"9.1-169","catch_line":"Total amount and method of distribution of funds to counties and cities","order_by":null,"url":"\/9.1-169\/"}],"permalink":{"id":285027,"object_type":"law","relational_id":82304,"identifier":"9.1-170","token":"9.1\/1\/8\/9.1-170","url":"\/9.1-170\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/9.1-170\/","token":"9.1\/1\/8\/9.1-170","dublin_core":{"Title":"Distribution of funds to towns","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 9.1-170","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Towns located in eligible counties and which have police departments<\/span> shall receive a percentage of the funds distributed to the county in accordance with § 9.1-169<\/a>, such percentage to be equal to the ratio of the town’s population as determined by the Department<\/span> to the total population of the county. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Towns located in noneligible counties shall be assigned an adjusted crime index<\/span> based on their population and the average of the three lowest predicted crime rates for cities. Such towns shall receive funds based on such adjusted crime index<\/span> in the same manner as cities and eligible counties as provided in § 9.1-169<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS TO TOWNS (\u00a7 9.1-170)\n\nA. Towns located in eligible counties and which have police departments shall\nreceive a percentage of the funds distributed to the county in accordance with\n§ 9.1-169, such percentage to be equal to the ratio of the town’s\npopulation as determined by the Department to the total population of the\ncounty.\n\nB. Towns located in noneligible counties shall be assigned an adjusted crime\nindex based on their population and the average of the three lowest predicted\ncrime rates for cities. Such towns shall receive funds based on such adjusted\ncrime index in the same manner as cities and eligible counties as provided in\n§ 9.1-169.\n\nHISTORY: 1979, c. 83, \u00a7 14.1-84.5; 1981, c. 485; 1998, c. 872, \u00a7 9-183.17;\n2001, c. 844.","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}}