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This law was first created in 1996. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 1045<\/a> and 1055<\/a> 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. 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 1997, chapter 587<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":352600,"section_number":"2.2-2473","catch_line":"Regional workforce training centers","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-2473\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1379805,"object_type":"law","relational_id":347299,"identifier":"15.2-1306","token":"15.2\/II\/13\/3\/15.2-1306","url":"\/15.2-1306\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-1306\/","token":"15.2\/II\/13\/3\/15.2-1306","dublin_core":{"Title":"Policy of General Assembly","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-1306","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

It shall be the policy of the General Assembly to encourage Virginia’s counties, cities and towns<\/span> to exercise the options provided by law<\/span> to work together for their mutual benefit and the benefit of the Commonwealth.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPOLICY OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY (\u00a7 15.2-1306)\n\nIt shall be the policy of the General Assembly to encourage Virginia’s\ncounties, cities and towns to exercise the options provided by law to work\ntogether for their mutual benefit and the benefit of the Commonwealth.\n\nHISTORY: 1996, cc. 1045, 1055, \u00a7 15.1-1227.1; 1997, c. 587.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}