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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 339 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 1954 \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 1987, chapter 488.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1429121,"object_type":"law","relational_id":359644,"identifier":"32.1-48.4","token":"32.1\/2\/3.1\/32.1-48.4","url":"\/32.1-48.4\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/32.1-48.4\/","token":"32.1\/2\/3.1\/32.1-48.4","dublin_core":{"Title":"Commissioner to cooperate with local governing bodies and agencies","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 32.1-48.4","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner<\/span> shall, insofar as practicable, cooperate with the local governing body and agencies of the county or city involved to the end that a joint program may be adopted and enforced for the reduction and elimination of rabies.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCOMMISSIONER TO COOPERATE WITH LOCAL GOVERNING BODIES AND AGENCIES (\u00a7\n32.1-48.4)\n\nThe Commissioner shall, insofar as practicable, cooperate with the local\ngoverning body and agencies of the county or city involved to the end that a\njoint program may be adopted and enforced for the reduction and elimination of\nrabies.\n\nHISTORY: 1954, c. 339, \u00a7 29-213.4; 1987, c. 488.","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"}}