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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 642 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 1974 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. 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 2008, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?081+ful+CHAP0860\">860<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1425373,"object_type":"law","relational_id":358226,"identifier":"3.2-6101","token":"3.2\/V\/61\/3.2-6101","url":"\/3.2-6101\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-6101\/","token":"3.2\/V\/61\/3.2-6101","dublin_core":{"Title":"Authority to adopt regulations","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-6101","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner<\/span>, with the approval of the <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span>, may adopt regulations reasonably necessary to carry out the <span class=\"dictionary\">intent<\/span> and purposes of this chapter and that facilitate the tracing and identification of cattle and afford protection against stealing and unlawful dealing in cattle.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nAUTHORITY TO ADOPT REGULATIONS (\u00a7 3.2-6101)\n\nThe Commissioner, with the approval of the Board, may adopt regulations\nreasonably necessary to carry out the intent and purposes of this chapter and\nthat facilitate the tracing and identification of cattle and afford protection\nagainst stealing and unlawful dealing in cattle.\n\nHISTORY: 1974, c. 642, \u00a7 3.1-796.36; 2008, c. 860.","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"}}