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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?941+ful+CHAP0858\">858<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?941+ful+CHAP0951\">951<\/a> 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. 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 1995, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?951+ful+CHAP0450\">450<\/a>; in 2002, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?021+ful+CHAP0747\">747<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":375688,"section_number":"63.2-601","catch_line":"Virginia Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program; goals","order_by":null,"url":"\/63.2-601\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":375674,"section_number":"63.2-517","catch_line":"Right of appeal to Commissioner","order_by":null,"url":"\/63.2-517\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1498275,"object_type":"law","relational_id":375706,"identifier":"63.2-618","token":"63.2\/II\/6\/63.2-618","url":"\/63.2-618\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/63.2-618\/","token":"63.2\/II\/6\/63.2-618","dublin_core":{"Title":"Notice and appeal","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 63.2-618","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>A participant aggrieved by the decision of a <span class=\"dictionary\">local board<\/span> granting, denying, changing or discontinuing <span class=\"dictionary\">public assistance<\/span> may <span class=\"dictionary\">appeal<\/span> such decision pursuant to \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Right of appeal to Commissioner\" href=\"\/63.2-517\/\">63.2-517<\/a>. 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If a hearing request is received prior to the effective date of any\nproposed change in benefit status, a participant appealing such change shall\nhave the right to continued direct payment of TANF benefits pending final\nadministrative action on such appeal.\n\nHISTORY: 1994, cc. 858, 951, \u00a7 63.1-133.53; 1995, c. 450; 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"}}