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This law was first created in 1966. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 676 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 1989, chapter 412; in 1994, chapter 64<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1426787,"object_type":"law","relational_id":358666,"identifier":"30-28.15","token":"30\/2.2\/30-28.15","url":"\/30-28.15\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/30-28.15\/","token":"30\/2.2\/30-28.15","dublin_core":{"Title":"Use of state libraries; withdrawal of books; charges","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 30-28.15","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The Division, through its Director and employees, shall have access to the State Law<\/span> Library and The Library of Virginia, with the right to withdraw, in the performance of their duties, any books, pamphlets or printed data from either library, subject to the rules of the libraries as to time. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Upon the request of the Division, the library of any public institution of higher education in the Commonwealth shall furnish the Division photocopies of materials<\/span> on file without any charge except the actual cost of photocopying. Such libraries shall not charge the Division for any library exchange services. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nUSE OF STATE LIBRARIES; WITHDRAWAL OF BOOKS; CHARGES (\u00a7 30-28.15)\n\nA. The Division, through its Director and employees, shall have access to the\nState Law Library and The Library of Virginia, with the right to withdraw, in\nthe performance of their duties, any books, pamphlets or printed data from\neither library, subject to the rules of the libraries as to time.\n\nB. Upon the request of the Division, the library of any public institution of\nhigher education in the Commonwealth shall furnish the Division photocopies of\nmaterials on file without any charge except the actual cost of photocopying.\nSuch libraries shall not charge the Division for any library exchange services.\n\nHISTORY: 1966, c. 676; 1989, c. 412; 1994, c. 64.","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"}}