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It has been modified 2 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 1979, chapter 719; in 1997, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?971+ful+CHAP0587\">587<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1385861,"object_type":"law","relational_id":348670,"identifier":"15.2-5314","token":"15.2\/IV\/53\/1\/15.2-5314","url":"\/15.2-5314\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-5314\/","token":"15.2\/IV\/53\/1\/15.2-5314","dublin_core":{"Title":"When commissioner deemed to have acquiesced in violation","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-5314","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>A <span class=\"dictionary\">commissioner<\/span> shall be deemed to have acquiesced in a willful violation by the <span class=\"dictionary\">authority<\/span> of a <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span> of this Commonwealth or of any term, provision or covenant contained in a <span class=\"dictionary\">contract<\/span> to which the <span class=\"dictionary\">authority<\/span> is a <span class=\"dictionary\">party<\/span> if, before a <span class=\"dictionary\">hearing<\/span> is held on charges against him, he has not filed a written statement with the <span class=\"dictionary\">authority<\/span> of his objections to, or lack of participation in, such violation.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nWHEN COMMISSIONER DEEMED TO HAVE ACQUIESCED IN VIOLATION (\u00a7 15.2-5314)\n\nA commissioner shall be deemed to have acquiesced in a willful violation by the\nauthority of a law of this Commonwealth or of any term, provision or covenant\ncontained in a contract to which the authority is a party if, before a hearing\nis held on charges against him, he has not filed a written statement with the\nauthority of his objections to, or lack of participation in, such violation.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 32-228; 1979, c. 719, \u00a7 15.1-1547; 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"}}