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This law was first created in 1989. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 178 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 1989 \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 1995, chapters 732<\/a> and 796<\/a>; in 1997, chapter 587<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1384919,"object_type":"law","relational_id":348416,"identifier":"15.2-4204","token":"15.2\/IV\/42\/15.2-4204","url":"\/15.2-4204\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-4204\/","token":"15.2\/IV\/42\/15.2-4204","dublin_core":{"Title":"Disposition of earnings and assets of planning district commissions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-4204","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

No part of the net earnings of any planning district<\/span> commission<\/span> organized under the provisions of this chapter shall inure to the benefit of, or be distributable to, any of its members, officers or other private persons, other than to its member localities as provided in this chapter. However, the commission<\/span> may pay reasonable compensation for services rendered and make payments and distributions in furtherance of the purposes of a planning district<\/span> commission<\/span> as set forth in this chapter and in its charter and bylaws. Upon the dissolution or termination of any planning district<\/span> commission<\/span>, it shall, after paying or making provisions for the payment of its liabilities, distribute its assets<\/span> to its member localities, pro rata, based upon the formula used to determine local government<\/span> dues to the commission<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDISPOSITION OF EARNINGS AND ASSETS OF PLANNING DISTRICT COMMISSIONS (\u00a7\n15.2-4204)\n\nNo part of the net earnings of any planning district commission organized under\nthe provisions of this chapter shall inure to the benefit of, or be\ndistributable to, any of its members, officers or other private persons, other\nthan to its member localities as provided in this chapter. However, the\ncommission may pay reasonable compensation for services rendered and make\npayments and distributions in furtherance of the purposes of a planning district\ncommission as set forth in this chapter and in its charter and bylaws. Upon the\ndissolution or termination of any planning district commission, it shall, after\npaying or making provisions for the payment of its liabilities, distribute its\nassets to its member localities, pro rata, based upon the formula used to\ndetermine local government dues to the commission.\n\nHISTORY: 1989, c. 178, \u00a7 15.1-1403.1; 1995, cc. 732, 796; 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"}}