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Any industrialized building constructed before the effective date of these regulations shall remain subject to the ordinances, laws or regulations in effect at the time such industrialized building was constructed, but nothing in this chapter shall prevent the enactment or adoption of additional requirements where necessary to provide for adequate safety of life, health and property.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1342561,"text":"No rules or regulations shall be made effective earlier than twelve months after June 26, 1970. No person, firm or corporation shall offer for sale or rental or sell or rent any industrialized buildings which have been constructed after the effective date of such rule or regulation unless it conforms with said rules and regulations. 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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 1970, chapter 305; in 1986, chapter 37.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1435985,"object_type":"law","relational_id":360790,"identifier":"36-78","token":"36\/4\/36-78","url":"\/36-78\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/36-78\/","token":"36\/4\/36-78","dublin_core":{"Title":"Effective date and application of rules and regulations","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 36-78","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>No rules or regulations shall be made effective earlier than twelve months after June 26, 1970. 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No person, firm or corporation shall offer for sale or rental or\nsell or rent any industrialized buildings which have been constructed after the\neffective date of such rule or regulation unless it conforms with said rules and\nregulations. Any industrialized building constructed before the effective date\nof these regulations shall remain subject to the ordinances, laws or regulations\nin effect at the time such industrialized building was constructed, but nothing\nin this chapter shall prevent the enactment or adoption of additional\nrequirements where necessary to provide for adequate safety of life, health and\nproperty.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 12-76; 1970, c. 305; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 103; 1986, c.\n37.","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"}}