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If, as a result of this research, the Department determines that the variables used in the equation should be changed, it shall recommend to the General Assembly appropriate legislation to accomplish this change.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1413861,"text":"Prior to the convening of the General Assembly in each even-numbered year, the Department shall determine whether the variables incorporated in the equation used in the distribution formula are statistically acceptable for such computation, and to determine whether any other variables would be better predictors of crime. 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 83 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 1979 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. 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 1981, chapter 485; in 1998, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?981+ful+CHAP0872\">872<\/a>; in 2001, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?011+ful+CHAP0844\">844<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1512037,"object_type":"law","relational_id":378617,"identifier":"9.1-172","token":"9.1\/1\/8\/9.1-172","url":"\/9.1-172\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/9.1-172\/","token":"9.1\/1\/8\/9.1-172","dublin_core":{"Title":"Periodic determination of weights and constants","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 9.1-172","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Prior to the convening of the General Assembly in each even-numbered year, the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> shall determine whether the variables incorporated in the equation used in the <span class=\"dictionary\">distribution formula<\/span> are statistically acceptable for such computation, and to determine whether any other variables would be better predictors of <span class=\"dictionary\">crime<\/span>. If, as a result of this research, the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> determines that the variables used in the equation should be changed, it shall recommend to the General Assembly appropriate legislation to accomplish this change.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPERIODIC DETERMINATION OF WEIGHTS AND CONSTANTS (\u00a7 9.1-172)\n\nPrior to the convening of the General Assembly in each even-numbered year, the\nDepartment shall determine whether the variables incorporated in the equation\nused in the distribution formula are statistically acceptable for such\ncomputation, and to determine whether any other variables would be better\npredictors of crime. If, as a result of this research, the Department determines\nthat the variables used in the equation should be changed, it shall recommend to\nthe General Assembly appropriate legislation to accomplish this change.\n\nHISTORY: 1979, c. 83, \u00a7 14.1-84.7; 1981, c. 485; 1998, c. 872, \u00a7 9-183.21;\n2001, c. 844.","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"}}