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This law was first created in 2000. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 1048<\/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 2001, chapter 844<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1399401,"object_type":"law","relational_id":353359,"identifier":"2.2-515","token":"2.2\/I\/B\/5\/1\/2.2-515","url":"\/2.2-515\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/2.2-515\/","token":"2.2\/I\/B\/5\/1\/2.2-515","dublin_core":{"Title":"Service on board of national tobacco trust entity","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 2.2-515","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Attorney General<\/span> may serve in his official capacity on the board of directors of any entity established to ensure the implementation in the Commonwealth of a national tobacco trust established to provide payments to tobacco growers and tobacco quota owners to ameliorate adverse economic consequences resulting from a national settlement<\/span> of states’ claims against tobacco manufacturers.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSERVICE ON BOARD OF NATIONAL TOBACCO TRUST ENTITY (\u00a7 2.2-515)\n\nThe Attorney General may serve in his official capacity on the board of\ndirectors of any entity established to ensure the implementation in the\nCommonwealth of a national tobacco trust established to provide payments to\ntobacco growers and tobacco quota owners to ameliorate adverse economic\nconsequences resulting from a national settlement of states’ claims\nagainst tobacco manufacturers.\n\nHISTORY: 2000, c. 1048, \u00a7 2.1-127.1; 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"}}