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This law was first created in 1980. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 662 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 1980 \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 1985, chapter 149; in 2004, chapter 1000<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1427249,"object_type":"law","relational_id":358637,"identifier":"30-247","token":"30\/36\/30-247","url":"\/30-247\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/30-247\/","token":"30\/36\/30-247","dublin_core":{"Title":"Purposes","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 30-247","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The purposes of the signatories in enacting this Agreement are to assist the legislatures of Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania in evaluating and responding to problems of mutual concern relating to the Chesapeake Bay; to promote intergovernmental cooperation; to encourage cooperative coordinated resource planning and action by the signatories and their agencies; to provide, where appropriate, through recommendation to the respective legislature, uniformity of legislative application; to preserve and enhance the functions, powers and duties of existing offices and agencies of government; and to recommend improvements in the existing management system for the benefit of the present and future inhabitants of the Chesapeake Bay region.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPURPOSES (\u00a7 30-247)\n\nThe purposes of the signatories in enacting this Agreement are to assist the\nlegislatures of Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania in evaluating and\nresponding to problems of mutual concern relating to the Chesapeake Bay; to\npromote intergovernmental cooperation; to encourage cooperative coordinated\nresource planning and action by the signatories and their agencies; to provide,\nwhere appropriate, through recommendation to the respective legislature,\nuniformity of legislative application; to preserve and enhance the functions,\npowers and duties of existing offices and agencies of government; and to\nrecommend improvements in the existing management system for the benefit of the\npresent and future inhabitants of the Chesapeake Bay region.\n\nHISTORY: 1980, c. 662, \u00a7 62.1-69.11; 1985, c. 149; 2004, c. 1000.","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"}}