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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 450 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 1981 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. 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 1988, chapter 891.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1371735,"object_type":"law","relational_id":346178,"identifier":"10.1-653","token":"10.1\/I\/6\/5\/10.1-653","url":"\/10.1-653\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/10.1-653\/","token":"10.1\/I\/6\/5\/10.1-653","dublin_core":{"Title":"Application for assistance","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 10.1-653","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Landowners who wish to receive assistance under the <span class=\"dictionary\">Program<\/span> shall apply to the Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Board. 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