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This law was first created in 2000. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 789<\/a> and 795<\/a> 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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1435865,"object_type":"law","relational_id":360646,"identifier":"36-159","token":"36\/11\/36-159","url":"\/36-159\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/36-159\/","token":"36\/11\/36-159","dublin_core":{"Title":"Administration","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 36-159","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Department<\/span> shall administer this chapter and shall have the following powers and duties:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> To establish the process for determining what areas qualify as housing revitalization zones<\/span>. Such criteria shall be the minimum required for implementation of the purpose of this chapter; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> To monitor the implementation and operation of this chapter; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> To conduct a continuing evaluation program of housing revitalization zones<\/span>; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

4.<\/span> To assist counties, cities and towns in obtaining the reduction of regulations within housing revitalization zones<\/span>; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

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