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This law was first created in 1964. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 97 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 1964 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. 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 1977, chapters 296 and 319; in 2016, chapter 588<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1413033,"object_type":"law","relational_id":355165,"identifier":"23.1-1602","token":"23.1\/IV\/16\/23.1-1602","url":"\/23.1-1602\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/23.1-1602\/","token":"23.1\/IV\/16\/23.1-1602","dublin_core":{"Title":"Powers and duties","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 23.1-1602","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

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