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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 1952, chapter 337; in 1954, chapter 349; in 1956, chapter 539; in 1970, chapter 322; in 2013, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?131+ful+CHAP0585\">585<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?131+ful+CHAP0646\">646<\/a>; in 2014, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?141+ful+CHAP0805\">805<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1432235,"object_type":"law","relational_id":360181,"identifier":"33.2-277","token":"33.2\/I\/2\/4\/33.2-277","url":"\/33.2-277\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/33.2-277\/","token":"33.2\/I\/2\/4\/33.2-277","dublin_core":{"Title":"Sale of materials to, and use of equipment by, localities and school boards","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 33.2-277","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> may lend or rent equipment and sell <span class=\"dictionary\">materials<\/span> and supplies used in the building or repairing of <span class=\"dictionary\">highways<\/span> and streets to any locality or school <span class=\"dictionary\">board<\/span>, upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> and such locality or school <span class=\"dictionary\">board<\/span>, provided that the governing body of such locality or school <span class=\"dictionary\">board<\/span> submits to the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> a certificate setting forth that the <span class=\"dictionary\">material<\/span> or equipment cannot be furnished from private sources within a reasonable time. 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The requirement of such a certificate shall not apply to towns\nwith a population of less than 3,500 inhabitants or to the purchase of paint for\ntraffic marking purposes by any locality or school board.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 33-111; 1952, c. 337; 1954, c. 349; 1956, c. 539; 1970,\nc. 322, \u00a7 33.1-195; 2013, cc. 585, 646; 2014, c. 805.","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"}}