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It has been modified 3 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 1958, chapter 541; in 1989, chapter 727; 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>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1456591,"object_type":"law","relational_id":364638,"identifier":"46.2-1046","token":"46.2\/III\/10\/4\/46.2-1046","url":"\/46.2-1046\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-1046\/","token":"46.2\/III\/10\/4\/46.2-1046","dublin_core":{"Title":"Traction engines and tractors","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-1046","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner<\/span> of <span class=\"dictionary\">Highways<\/span> and local authorities in their respective <span class=\"dictionary\">jurisdictions<\/span> may, in their discretion, <span class=\"dictionary\">issue<\/span> special permits authorizing the operation on a <span class=\"dictionary\">highway<\/span> of traction engines or tractors having movable tracks with transverse corrugations upon the periphery of such movable tracks.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nTRACTION ENGINES AND TRACTORS (\u00a7 46.2-1046)\n\nThe Commissioner of Highways and local authorities in their respective\njurisdictions may, in their discretion, issue special permits authorizing the\noperation on a highway of traction engines or tractors having movable tracks\nwith transverse corrugations upon the periphery of such movable tracks.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 46-301; 1958, c. 541, \u00a7 46.1-297; 1989, c. 727; 2013,\ncc. 585, 646.","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"}}