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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 290 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 1966 \u201cActs\u201d aren\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 1970, chapters 211 and 212; in 1983, chapter 508; in 1997, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?971+ful+CHAP0587\">587<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1379623,"object_type":"law","relational_id":347257,"identifier":"15.2-1217","token":"15.2\/II\/12\/1\/15.2-1217","url":"\/15.2-1217\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-1217\/","token":"15.2\/II\/12\/1\/15.2-1217","dublin_core":{"Title":"Regulation of emission of smoke from fuel-burning equipment","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-1217","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Any <span class=\"dictionary\">county<\/span> may regulate the emission of smoke and the methods of firing and stoking furnaces and boilers and may charge such reasonable fees for the issuance of permits and the performing of inspections as the <span class=\"dictionary\">governing body<\/span> may from time to time fix. However, counties shall not apply or enforce such regulations in incorporated <span class=\"dictionary\">towns<\/span> which have in force <span class=\"dictionary\">ordinances<\/span> prescribing equal or greater standards in regulating the construction, maintenance and repair of buildings and other structures, the installation, maintenance, operation and repair of plumbing, electrical, heating, elevator, escalator, boiler, unfired pressure vessel and air conditioning installations in or appurtenant to buildings and structures, the emission of smoke, the construction, installation and maintenance of fuel-burning equipment, and the methods of firing and stoking furnaces and boilers, and the light, ventilation, sanitation and use and occupancy of buildings.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREGULATION OF EMISSION OF SMOKE FROM FUEL-BURNING EQUIPMENT (\u00a7 15.2-1217)\n\nAny county may regulate the emission of smoke and the methods of firing and\nstoking furnaces and boilers and may charge such reasonable fees for the\nissuance of permits and the performing of inspections as the governing body may\nfrom time to time fix. However, counties shall not apply or enforce such\nregulations in incorporated towns which have in force ordinances prescribing\nequal or greater standards in regulating the construction, maintenance and\nrepair of buildings and other structures, the installation, maintenance,\noperation and repair of plumbing, electrical, heating, elevator, escalator,\nboiler, unfired pressure vessel and air conditioning installations in or\nappurtenant to buildings and structures, the emission of smoke, the\nconstruction, installation and maintenance of fuel-burning equipment, and the\nmethods of firing and stoking furnaces and boilers, and the light, ventilation,\nsanitation and use and occupancy of buildings.\n\nHISTORY: 1966, c. 290, \u00a7\u00a7 15.1-510.1, 15.1-510.4, 15.1-510.6; 1970, cc. 211,\n212; 1983, c. 508; 1997, c. 587.","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"}}