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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0438\">438<\/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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1381865,"object_type":"law","relational_id":347794,"identifier":"15.2-2209.3","token":"15.2\/II\/22\/1\/15.2-2209.3","url":"\/15.2-2209.3\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-2209.3\/","token":"15.2\/II\/22\/1\/15.2-2209.3","dublin_core":{"Title":"Residential land development and construction fee transparency; annual report","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-2209.3","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Every <span class=\"dictionary\">locality<\/span> with a population greater than 3,500 shall submit an annual report no later than March 1 of each year to the Department of Housing and Community <span class=\"dictionary\">Development<\/span> (the Department) containing the total fee revenue collected by the <span class=\"dictionary\">locality<\/span> over the preceding calendar year in connection with the processing, reviewing, and permitting of applications for residential land <span class=\"dictionary\">development<\/span> and construction activities, including the total fee revenue attributable to any individual residential <span class=\"dictionary\">developments<\/span> that were approved, under construction, or completed during the preceding calendar year.<\/p><p>The report shall be submitted by the <span class=\"dictionary\">locality<\/span> in accordance with any guidelines and forms developed by the Department and the Commission on <span class=\"dictionary\">Local Government<\/span>. 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