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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?961+ful+CHAP0567\">567<\/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, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?971+ful+CHAP0194\">194<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?971+ful+CHAP0587\">587<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1378527,"object_type":"law","relational_id":348545,"identifier":"15.2-504.1","token":"15.2\/I\/5\/2\/15.2-504.1","url":"\/15.2-504.1\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-504.1\/","token":"15.2\/I\/5\/2\/15.2-504.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Lighting level regulation","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-504.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The board of any <span class=\"dictionary\">county<\/span> with a population of less than 100,000 operating under a <span class=\"dictionary\">county<\/span> executive form of government may provide by <span class=\"dictionary\">ordinance<\/span> for the regulation of exterior illumination levels of buildings and property.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLIGHTING LEVEL REGULATION (\u00a7 15.2-504.1)\n\nThe board of any county with a population of less than 100,000 operating under a\ncounty executive form of government may provide by ordinance for the regulation\nof exterior illumination levels of buildings and property.\n\nHISTORY: 1996, c. 567, \u00a7 15.1-687.23; 1997, cc. 194, 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"}}