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This law was first created in 1995. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 770<\/a> and 818<\/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 2 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 1996, chapters 164<\/a> and 869<\/a>; in 2001, chapter 844<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1402991,"object_type":"law","relational_id":352828,"identifier":"2.2-3008","token":"2.2\/I\/E\/30\/2.2-3008","url":"\/2.2-3008\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/2.2-3008\/","token":"2.2\/I\/E\/30\/2.2-3008","dublin_core":{"Title":"Employees of local constitutional officers","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 2.2-3008","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

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