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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?971+ful+CHAP0299\">299<\/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 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 2005, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?051+ful+CHAP0839\">839<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1370265,"object_type":"law","relational_id":345298,"identifier":"1-512","token":"1\/5\/2\/1-512","url":"\/1-512\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/1-512\/","token":"1\/5\/2\/1-512","dublin_core":{"Title":"Poet laureate","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 1-512","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The honorary position of Poet Laureate of Virginia is hereby created. The Governor may appoint a poet laureate from a list of nominees submitted by the Poetry Society of Virginia. 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