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This law was first created in 2007. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 288<\/a> and 582<\/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":1378681,"object_type":"law","relational_id":348779,"identifier":"15.2-542","token":"15.2\/I\/5\/3\/15.2-542","url":"\/15.2-542\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-542\/","token":"15.2\/I\/5\/3\/15.2-542","dublin_core":{"Title":"Employee benefits; residence in county","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-542","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Notwithstanding any other provision of law<\/span>, the county<\/span> board, in order<\/span> to ensure its competitiveness as an employer, may by ordinance<\/span> provide for the use of funds, other than state funds, to provide grants, loans, and other assistance for county<\/span> and school board employees, as well as employees of local constitutional officers<\/span>, to purchase or rent residences, for use as the employee’s principal residence, within the county<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEMPLOYEE BENEFITS; RESIDENCE IN COUNTY (\u00a7 15.2-542)\n\nNotwithstanding any other provision of law, the county board, in order to ensure\nits competitiveness as an employer, may by ordinance provide for the use of\nfunds, other than state funds, to provide grants, loans, and other assistance\nfor county and school board employees, as well as employees of local\nconstitutional officers, to purchase or rent residences, for use as the\nemployee’s principal residence, within the county.\n\nHISTORY: 2007, cc. 288, 582.","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"}}