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This law was first created in 1972. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 766 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 1972 \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 2001, chapter 844<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1426687,"object_type":"law","relational_id":358495,"identifier":"30-161","token":"30\/16\/30-161","url":"\/30-161\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/30-161\/","token":"30\/16\/30-161","dublin_core":{"Title":"Publication of information","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 30-161","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

By such means and to such extent as it deems appropriate, the Commission shall keep the public informed as to the operations of organized crime<\/span>, problems of criminal law<\/span> enforcement in the Commonwealth and other activities of the Commission.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPUBLICATION OF INFORMATION (\u00a7 30-161)\n\nBy such means and to such extent as it deems appropriate, the Commission shall\nkeep the public informed as to the operations of organized crime, problems of\ncriminal law enforcement in the Commonwealth and other activities of the\nCommission.\n\nHISTORY: 1972, c. 766, \u00a7 9-133; 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"}}