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This law was first created in 1952. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 696 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 1952 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":370533,"section_number":"56-512","catch_line":"Employment of utility employees by Commonwealth; information to be furnished","order_by":null,"url":"\/56-512\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1477269,"object_type":"law","relational_id":370534,"identifier":"56-513","token":"56\/17\/56-513","url":"\/56-513\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/56-513\/","token":"56\/17\/56-513","dublin_core":{"Title":"Replacement of utility employees unwilling to work for Commonwealth","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 56-513","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

In the event that any person<\/span> or persons<\/span> then employed by the utility in any such necessary positions shall fail to indicate an intention to work for the Commonwealth in operating the utility, when inquiry is made of such person<\/span> by the Governor or his agent, the Governor shall immediately institute measures to employ another person<\/span> or other persons<\/span> to perform the required duties of anyone not indicating such intention. No person<\/span> who upon such inquiry fails to indicate intention to work for the Commonwealth may thereafter claim the right to employment by the Commonwealth provided in \u00a7 56-512<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREPLACEMENT OF UTILITY EMPLOYEES UNWILLING TO WORK FOR COMMONWEALTH (\u00a7 56-513)\n\nIn the event that any person or persons then employed by the utility in any such\nnecessary positions shall fail to indicate an intention to work for the\nCommonwealth in operating the utility, when inquiry is made of such person by\nthe Governor or his agent, the Governor shall immediately institute measures to\nemploy another person or other persons to perform the required duties of anyone\nnot indicating such intention. No person who upon such inquiry fails to indicate\nintention to work for the Commonwealth may thereafter claim the right to\nemployment by the Commonwealth provided in \u00a7 56-512.\n\nHISTORY: 1952, c. 696.","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"}}