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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":[{"id":358644,"section_number":"30-254","catch_line":"Dissolution","order_by":null,"url":"\/30-254\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1427273,"object_type":"law","relational_id":358643,"identifier":"30-253","token":"30\/36\/30-253","url":"\/30-253\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/30-253\/","token":"30\/36\/30-253","dublin_core":{"Title":"Term","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 30-253","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The duration of this Agreement among the Commonwealth of Virginia, the state of Maryland, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania shall be for an initial period of 10 years from its effective date, and it shall be continued for additional periods of 10 years unless one or more of the signatory states, by authority of an act of its legislature, notifies the Commission of intention to terminate the Agreement at the end of the current 10-year term. However, any signatory, by act of its legislature, can withdraw from the Agreement at the end of any calendar year or fiscal year.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nTERM (\u00a7 30-253)\n\nThe duration of this Agreement among the Commonwealth of Virginia, the state of\nMaryland, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania shall be for an initial period of\n10 years from its effective date, and it shall be continued for additional\nperiods of 10 years unless one or more of the signatory states, by authority of\nan act of its legislature, notifies the Commission of intention to terminate the\nAgreement at the end of the current 10-year term. However, any signatory, by act\nof its legislature, can withdraw from the Agreement at the end of any calendar\nyear or fiscal year.\n\nHISTORY: 1980, c. 662, \u00a7 62.1-69.18; 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"}}