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This law was first created in 1977. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 175 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 1977 \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 2014, chapter 805<\/a>; in 2015, chapter 256<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1432833,"object_type":"law","relational_id":360278,"identifier":"33.2-321","token":"33.2\/II\/3\/2\/33.2-321","url":"\/33.2-321\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/33.2-321\/","token":"33.2\/II\/3\/2\/33.2-321","dublin_core":{"Title":"Agreements between Commonwealth Transportation Board and certain counties for operation of certain devices on state highways","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 33.2-321","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Commissioner of Highways<\/span> is empowered to enter into agreements with the governing bodies of counties that have withdrawn or elect to withdraw from the secondary state highway<\/span> system pursuant to \u00a7 11 of Chapter 415 of the Acts of Assembly of 1932, upon such terms as may be agreeable between the parties, in order<\/span> to authorize such counties to install, maintain, and control traffic signals, parking meters, lane-use control signals, and other traffic control devices at specific locations on the primary or secondary state highway<\/span> system within such counties. Such counties and the Commissioner of Highways<\/span> shall have the authority to do all things reasonable or convenient to effectuate the purposes of this section.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nAGREEMENTS BETWEEN COMMONWEALTH TRANSPORTATION BOARD AND CERTAIN COUNTIES FOR\nOPERATION OF CERTAIN DEVICES ON STATE HIGHWAYS (\u00a7 33.2-321)\n\nThe Commissioner of Highways is empowered to enter into agreements with the\ngoverning bodies of counties that have withdrawn or elect to withdraw from the\nsecondary state highway system pursuant to \u00a7 11 of Chapter 415 of the Acts of\nAssembly of 1932, upon such terms as may be agreeable between the parties, in\norder to authorize such counties to install, maintain, and control traffic\nsignals, parking meters, lane-use control signals, and other traffic control\ndevices at specific locations on the primary or secondary state highway system\nwithin such counties. Such counties and the Commissioner of Highways shall have\nthe authority to do all things reasonable or convenient to effectuate the\npurposes of this section.\n\nHISTORY: 1977, c. 175, \u00a7 33.1-46.3; 2014, c. 805; 2015, c. 256.","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"}}