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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>67975</law_id><section_number>15.2-5500</section_number><catch_line>Heart of Appalachia Tourism Authority</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>45.2-1021</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="15.2">Counties, Cities and Towns</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="IV">Other Governmental Entities</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="55">Heart of Appalachia Tourism Authority</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>There is hereby established as a political subdivision, a body politic and corporate, the Heart of Appalachia Tourism <span class="dictionary">Authority</span> (the <span class="dictionary">Authority</span>) for the LENOWISCO and Cumberland Plateau Planning District Commissions. The <span class="dictionary">Authority</span> shall promote, expand, and develop the tourism industries of this coal-producing region as a whole.</p></section></text><history>1993, c. 663, &#xA7; 15.1-1399.19; 1994, c. 160; 1997, c. 587; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 384.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
