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2007 SESSION
071668720Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 15.2-2281 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 15.2-2281. Jurisdiction of localities.
For the purpose of zoning, the governing body of a county shall have jurisdiction over all the unincorporated territory in the county, and the governing body of a municipality shall have jurisdiction over the incorporated area of the municipality. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of law, general or special, the governing body of a locality shall have jurisdiction over any advertising structure or any sign, as defined in § 33.1-351, located on the campus of a public institution of higher education within such locality if such advertising structure or any part of the advertising or informative contents of such sign is visible from a point outside such campus. The jurisdiction over advertising structures and signs granted herein shall not apply to public institutions of higher education that have entered into a management agreement, as defined in § 23-38.89, on or before January 1, 2007.