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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?051+ful+CHAP0842\">842<\/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 2015, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?151+ful+CHAP0709\">709<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1387523,"object_type":"law","relational_id":349127,"identifier":"15.2-6648","token":"15.2\/IV\/66.1\/15.2-6648","url":"\/15.2-6648\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-6648\/","token":"15.2\/IV\/66.1\/15.2-6648","dublin_core":{"Title":"Liberal construction","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-6648","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Neither this act nor anything contained herein is or shall be construed as a restriction or limitation upon any powers that the Authority might otherwise have under any <span class=\"dictionary\">laws<\/span> of the Commonwealth, and this act is cumulative to any such powers. 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