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This law was first created in 1986. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 520 and 556 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 1986 \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 1997, chapter 587<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1383255,"object_type":"law","relational_id":348128,"identifier":"15.2-2709","token":"15.2\/II\/27\/15.2-2709","url":"\/15.2-2709\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-2709\/","token":"15.2\/II\/27\/15.2-2709","dublin_core":{"Title":"Group self-insurance pool not an insurer","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-2709","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any group self-insurance pool organized pursuant to this chapter is not an insurance company or insurer under the laws<\/span> of the Commonwealth. The development, administration, and provision of group self-insurance programs and coverages authorized by this chapter by the governing authority created to administer the pool does not constitute doing an insurance business.<\/p>

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