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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 388 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 1978 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1428057,"object_type":"law","relational_id":358855,"identifier":"30-69","token":"30\/8\/30-69","url":"\/30-69\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/30-69\/","token":"30\/8\/30-69","dublin_core":{"Title":"Access to information","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 30-69","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>For the purpose of carrying out its duties under this chapter and notwithstanding any contrary provision of <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span>, the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission shall have access to the records and facilities of every <span class=\"dictionary\">agency<\/span> whose operations are financed in whole or in part by state funds to the extent that such records and facilities are related to the expenditure of such funds. 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