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It has been modified 4 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 1954, chapter 191; in 1966, chapter 594; in 1994, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?941+ful+CHAP0028\">28<\/a>; in 2005, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?051+ful+CHAP0003\">3<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1450497,"object_type":"law","relational_id":364488,"identifier":"45.2-816","token":"45.2\/II\/B\/8\/2\/45.2-816","url":"\/45.2-816\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/45.2-816\/","token":"45.2\/II\/B\/8\/2\/45.2-816","dublin_core":{"Title":" Underground illumination","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 45.2-816","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> Electric-light wires shall be supported by suitable insulators or installed in conduit, shall be fastened securely to the power conductors, and shall not contact any combustible <span class=\"dictionary\">material<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-1357934\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/45.2-816\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> Every electric light shall be guarded and installed so that it does not contact any combustible <span class=\"dictionary\">material<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-1357935\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/45.2-816\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\n UNDERGROUND ILLUMINATION (\u00a7 45.2-816)\n\nA. Electric-light wires shall be supported by suitable insulators or installed\nin conduit, shall be fastened securely to the power conductors, and shall not\ncontact any combustible material.\n\nB. Every electric light shall be guarded and installed so that it does not\ncontact any combustible material.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 45-82.6; 1954, c. 191; 1966, c. 594, \u00a7 45.1-86; 1994, c.\n28, \u00a7 45.1-161.172; 2005, c. 3; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 387.","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"}}