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This law was first created in 1991. 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 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\/"},{"id":347379,"section_number":"15.2-1515","catch_line":"Compensation, benefits and liability insurance of such persons","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-1515\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1380147,"object_type":"law","relational_id":347380,"identifier":"15.2-1516","token":"15.2\/II\/15\/2\/15.2-1516","url":"\/15.2-1516\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-1516\/","token":"15.2\/II\/15\/2\/15.2-1516","dublin_core":{"Title":"Exceptions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-1516","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The provisions of \u00a7\u00a7 15.2-1513<\/a> through 15.2-1515<\/a> shall not be applicable to constitutional officers<\/span> or their employees or other officers elected by the voters<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEXCEPTIONS (\u00a7 15.2-1516)\n\nThe provisions of \u00a7\u00a7 15.2-1513 through 15.2-1515 shall not be applicable to\nconstitutional officers or their employees or other officers elected by the\nvoters.\n\nHISTORY: 1991, c. 234, \u00a7 15.1-20.6; 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"}}