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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 234 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 1991 \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 1997, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?971+ful+CHAP0587\">587<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":347377,"section_number":"15.2-1513","catch_line":"Joint local government employees permitted","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-1513\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1380139,"object_type":"law","relational_id":347378,"identifier":"15.2-1514","token":"15.2\/II\/15\/2\/15.2-1514","url":"\/15.2-1514\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-1514\/","token":"15.2\/II\/15\/2\/15.2-1514","dublin_core":{"Title":"Exercise of powers and duties","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-1514","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Every person employed under \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Joint local government employees permitted\" href=\"\/15.2-1513\/\">15.2-1513<\/a> shall exercise in each of such localities all the powers conferred and duties imposed upon such person by <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span> or by <span class=\"dictionary\">contract<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEXERCISE OF POWERS AND DUTIES (\u00a7 15.2-1514)\n\nEvery person employed under \u00a7 15.2-1513 shall exercise in each of such\nlocalities all the powers conferred and duties imposed upon such person by law\nor by contract.\n\nHISTORY: 1991, c. 234, \u00a7 15.1-20.5; 1997, c. 587.","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"}}