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This law was first created in 1966. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 222 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 1966 \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 1987, chapter 488; in 2007, chapter 87<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1419473,"object_type":"law","relational_id":356859,"identifier":"29.1-218","token":"29.1\/2\/29.1-218","url":"\/29.1-218\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/29.1-218\/","token":"29.1\/2\/29.1-218","dublin_core":{"Title":"Defense of conservation police officer prosecuted on criminal charge","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 29.1-218","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

If any conservation police officer appointed by the Director<\/span> is prosecuted on any criminal charge arising out of any act committed in performing his official duties, the Director<\/span> may employ special counsel<\/span> approved by the Governor to defend the officer. The compensation for special counsel<\/span> employed pursuant to this section, shall, subject to the approval of the Governor, be paid out of the funds appropriated for the administration of the Department<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFENSE OF CONSERVATION POLICE OFFICER PROSECUTED ON CRIMINAL CHARGE (\u00a7\n29.1-218)\n\nIf any conservation police officer appointed by the Director is prosecuted on\nany criminal charge arising out of any act committed in performing his official\nduties, the Director may employ special counsel approved by the Governor to\ndefend the officer. The compensation for special counsel employed pursuant to\nthis section, shall, subject to the approval of the Governor, be paid out of the\nfunds appropriated for the administration of the Department.\n\nHISTORY: 1966, c. 222, \u00a7 29-37.2; 1987, c. 488; 2007, c. 87.","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"}}