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It has been modified 3 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 1970, chapter 322; in 1978, chapter 187; in 2014, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?141+ful+CHAP0805\">805<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":360472,"section_number":"33.2-920","catch_line":"Appeal to circuit court","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-920\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":360470,"section_number":"33.2-918","catch_line":"Petition for public hearing on proposed abandonment","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-918\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1433419,"object_type":"law","relational_id":360471,"identifier":"33.2-919","token":"33.2\/II\/9\/3\/33.2-919","url":"\/33.2-919\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/33.2-919\/","token":"33.2\/II\/9\/3\/33.2-919","dublin_core":{"Title":"Action of governing body","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 33.2-919","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>If a <span class=\"dictionary\">petition<\/span> for a public <span class=\"dictionary\">hearing<\/span> is not filed as provided in \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Petition for public hearing on proposed abandonment\" href=\"\/33.2-918\/\">33.2-918<\/a>, or if after a public <span class=\"dictionary\">hearing<\/span> is held the governing body is satisfied that no public necessity exists for the <span class=\"dictionary\">continuance<\/span> of the section of road as a public road or the railroad crossing as a public railroad crossing or that the welfare of the public would be served best by abandoning the section of road or the railroad crossing as a public road or public railroad crossing, the governing body shall (i) within four months of the 30-day period during which notice was posted where no <span class=\"dictionary\">petition<\/span> for a public <span class=\"dictionary\">hearing<\/span> was filed or (ii) within four months after the public <span class=\"dictionary\">hearing<\/span> adopt an <span class=\"dictionary\">ordinance<\/span> or resolution abandoning the section of road as a public road or the railroad crossing as a public railroad crossing, and with that <span class=\"dictionary\">ordinance<\/span> or resolution the section of road shall cease to be a public road. 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If the governing body is not so satisfied, it shall dismiss the\napplication within the applicable four months provided in this section.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 33-76.18; 1950, p. 735; 1970, c. 322, \u00a7 33.1-161; 1978,\nc. 187; 2014, c. 805.","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"}}