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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?961+ful+CHAP0773\">773<\/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 2008, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?081+ful+CHAP0860\">860<\/a>; in 2022, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0356\">356<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":357692,"section_number":"3.2-409","catch_line":"Ordinances","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-409\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":345481,"section_number":"10.1-1181.1","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/10.1-1181.1\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1421151,"object_type":"law","relational_id":357666,"identifier":"3.2-401","token":"3.2\/I\/4\/3.2-401","url":"\/3.2-401\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-401\/","token":"3.2\/I\/4\/3.2-401","dublin_core":{"Title":"Exclusions from chapter","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-401","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>This chapter shall not apply to any <span class=\"dictionary\">agricultural activity<\/span> to which (i) Article 12 (\u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Definitions\" href=\"\/10.1-1181.1\/\">10.1-1181.1<\/a> et seq.) of Chapter 11 of Title 10.1 or (ii) a water-related permit issued by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> of Environmental Quality applies.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEXCLUSIONS FROM CHAPTER (\u00a7 3.2-401)\n\nThis chapter shall not apply to any agricultural activity to which (i) Article\n12 (\u00a7 10.1-1181.1 et seq.) of Chapter 11 of Title 10.1 or (ii) a water-related\npermit issued by the Department of Environmental Quality applies.\n\nHISTORY: 1996, c. 773, \u00a7 10.1-559.2; 2008, c. 860; 2022, c. 356.","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"}}