CODE OF VIRGINIA IMPLEMENTATION OF CERTAIN LAWS; SPECIAL ELECTIONS (§ 24.2-101.1) All laws enacted at a regular session of the General Assembly shall take effect as provided in § 1-214 except that the implementation of any change to this title shall not become effective for a special election held at a time other than a general election if the writ for the special election was issued prior to the effective date of the law. HISTORY: 2008, c. 366.