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This law was first created in 1998. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 553<\/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. 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 2000, chapters 386<\/a> and 456<\/a>; in 2004, chapter 471<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":375201,"section_number":"62.1-69.29","catch_line":"Membership; terms; vacancies","order_by":null,"url":"\/62.1-69.29\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1497269,"object_type":"law","relational_id":375198,"identifier":"62.1-69.26","token":"62.1\/5.3\/62.1-69.26","url":"\/62.1-69.26\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/62.1-69.26\/","token":"62.1\/5.3\/62.1-69.26","dublin_core":{"Title":"Rappahannock River Basin Commission; establishment","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 62.1-69.26","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Rappahannock River Basin<\/span> Commission, hereinafter referred to as the “Commission,” is hereby created as an independent local entity without political subdivision status, and shall be established upon passage by two-thirds of the Rappahannock River Basin<\/span>’s localities of a resolution that commits them to participate in the Commission as described in this chapter. The resolution shall contain the following language:<\/p>

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