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This law was first created in 1995. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 198<\/a> and 240<\/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 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 1997, chapter 587<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1379941,"object_type":"law","relational_id":347331,"identifier":"15.2-1419","token":"15.2\/II\/14\/2\/15.2-1419","url":"\/15.2-1419\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-1419\/","token":"15.2\/II\/14\/2\/15.2-1419","dublin_core":{"Title":"Meeting times of certain authorities, boards and commissions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-1419","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

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