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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 467 and 499 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 4 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 2004, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?041+ful+CHAP0372\">372<\/a>; in 2012, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?121+ful+CHAP0785\">785<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?121+ful+CHAP0819\">819<\/a>; in 2013, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?131+ful+CHAP0756\">756<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?131+ful+CHAP0793\">793<\/a>; in 2016, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?161+ful+CHAP0068\">68<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?161+ful+CHAP0758\">758<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1496621,"object_type":"law","relational_id":375024,"identifier":"62.1-44.15:50","token":"62.1\/3.1\/2.3\/62.1-44.15_50","url":"\/62.1-44.15_50\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/62.1-44.15_50\/","token":"62.1\/3.1\/2.3\/62.1-44.15_50","dublin_core":{"Title":"Cooperation with federal and state agencies","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 62.1-44.15:50","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>A <span class=\"dictionary\">VESMP authority<\/span> and the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> are authorized to cooperate and enter into agreements with any federal or state agency in connection with the requirements for land-disturbing activities.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCOOPERATION WITH FEDERAL AND STATE AGENCIES (\u00a7 62.1-44.15:50)\n\nA VESMP authority and the Department are authorized to cooperate and enter into\nagreements with any federal or state agency in connection with the requirements\nfor land-disturbing activities.\n\nHISTORY: 1989, cc. 467, 499, \u00a7 10.1-603.15; 2004, c. 372; 2012, cc. 785, 819;\n2013, cc. 756, 793; 2016, cc. 68, 758.","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"}}