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This law was first created in 1988. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 154 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 1988 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 2002, chapter 747<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1498691,"object_type":"law","relational_id":375359,"identifier":"63.2-1401","token":"63.2\/III\/14\/63.2-1401","url":"\/63.2-1401\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/63.2-1401\/","token":"63.2\/III\/14\/63.2-1401","dublin_core":{"Title":"Compacts authorized","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 63.2-1401","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Governor is authorized to develop, participate in the development of, negotiate and enter into one or more interstate compacts on behalf of this Commonwealth with other states<\/span> to implement one or more of the purposes set forth in this chapter. When so entered into, and for so long as it remains in force, the compact shall have the force and effect of law<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCOMPACTS AUTHORIZED (\u00a7 63.2-1401)\n\nThe Governor is authorized to develop, participate in the development of,\nnegotiate and enter into one or more interstate compacts on behalf of this\nCommonwealth with other states to implement one or more of the purposes set\nforth in this chapter. When so entered into, and for so long as it remains in\nforce, the compact shall have the force and effect of law.\n\nHISTORY: 1988, c. 154, \u00a7 63.1-238.7; 2002, c. 747.","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"}}