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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. 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 1966, chapter 576; in 1979, chapter 272; in 2013, chapters 585<\/a> and 646<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1460875,"object_type":"law","relational_id":366661,"identifier":"5.1-49","token":"5.1\/4\/5.1-49","url":"\/5.1-49\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/5.1-49\/","token":"5.1\/4\/5.1-49","dublin_core":{"Title":"Roads to airports and landing fields; cooperation with Department as to aviation facilities","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 5.1-49","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Department<\/span> of Transportation is authorized to build roads to airports<\/span> and landing fields<\/span> open to public use, and may pay out of highway funds, which have been allocated by the Commonwealth Transportation Board<\/span>, the cost of such roads. The Department<\/span> of Transportation may, in cooperation with the Department<\/span> of Aviation and either on an actual cost or contract<\/span> basis, construct, maintain and improve airports<\/span>, landing fields<\/span> and other aviation facilities licensed for public use, the actual cost thereof to the Department<\/span> of Transportation to be paid by the Department<\/span> of Aviation.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nROADS TO AIRPORTS AND LANDING FIELDS; COOPERATION WITH DEPARTMENT AS TO AVIATION\nFACILITIES (\u00a7 5.1-49)\n\nThe Department of Transportation is authorized to build roads to airports and\nlanding fields open to public use, and may pay out of highway funds, which have\nbeen allocated by the Commonwealth Transportation Board, the cost of such roads.\nThe Department of Transportation may, in cooperation with the Department of\nAviation and either on an actual cost or contract basis, construct, maintain and\nimprove airports, landing fields and other aviation facilities licensed for\npublic use, the actual cost thereof to the Department of Transportation to be\npaid by the Department of Aviation.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 5-40; 1966, c. 576; 1979, c. 272; 2013, cc. 585, 646.","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"}}