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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 505 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 1977 \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 2001, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?011+ful+CHAP0844\">844<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1398599,"object_type":"law","relational_id":352125,"identifier":"2.2-131","token":"2.2\/I\/A\/1\/2\/2.2-131","url":"\/2.2-131\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/2.2-131\/","token":"2.2\/I\/A\/1\/2\/2.2-131","dublin_core":{"Title":"Limitation on powers","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 2.2-131","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>A <span class=\"dictionary\">reorganization<\/span> plan may not provide for, and a <span class=\"dictionary\">reorganization<\/span> under this chapter shall not have the effect of, authorizing an <span class=\"dictionary\">agency<\/span> to exercise a <span class=\"dictionary\">function<\/span> that is not authorized by <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span> at the time the plan is transmitted to the General Assembly.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLIMITATION ON POWERS (\u00a7 2.2-131)\n\nA reorganization plan may not provide for, and a reorganization under this\nchapter shall not have the effect of, authorizing an agency to exercise a\nfunction that is not authorized by law at the time the plan is transmitted to\nthe General Assembly.\n\nHISTORY: 1977, c. 505, \u00a7 2.1-8.5; 2001, c. 844.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}