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This law was first created in 1993. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 663 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. Unfortunately, the 1993 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 1994, chapter 160<\/a>; in 1997, chapter 587<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":348838,"section_number":"15.2-5505","catch_line":"Establishment of local tourism advisory committees","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-5505\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1386507,"object_type":"law","relational_id":348839,"identifier":"15.2-5506","token":"15.2\/IV\/55\/15.2-5506","url":"\/15.2-5506\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-5506\/","token":"15.2\/IV\/55\/15.2-5506","dublin_core":{"Title":"Responsibilities and duties; local tourism advisory committees","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-5506","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The local tourism advisory committees established in \u00a7 15.2-5505<\/a> shall:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> Promote and assist tourism development in their individual participating localities; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> Develop and assist in the implementation of a tourism development plan to increase tourism revenue in their respective participating localities; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> Encourage individuals and businesses and their local governments<\/span> to invest in tourism development as an integral part of overall economic development; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

4.<\/span> Assist the Authority<\/span> in planning and implementing a regional tourism development plan. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nRESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES; LOCAL TOURISM ADVISORY COMMITTEES (\u00a7 15.2-5506)\n\nThe local tourism advisory committees established in \u00a7 15.2-5505 shall:\n\n1. Promote and assist tourism development in their individual participating\nlocalities;\n\n2. Develop and assist in the implementation of a tourism development plan to\nincrease tourism revenue in their respective participating localities;\n\n3. Encourage individuals and businesses and their local governments to invest in\ntourism development as an integral part of overall economic development; and\n\n4. Assist the Authority in planning and implementing a regional tourism\ndevelopment plan.\n\nHISTORY: 1993, c. 663, \u00a7 15.1-1399.23; 1994, c. 160; 1997, c. 587; 2021, Sp.\nSess. I, c. 384.","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"}}