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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 663 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 1993 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. 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 1997, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?971+ful+CHAP0587\">587<\/a>; in 2015, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?151+ful+CHAP0709\">709<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1386515,"object_type":"law","relational_id":348841,"identifier":"15.2-5508","token":"15.2\/IV\/55\/15.2-5508","url":"\/15.2-5508\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-5508\/","token":"15.2\/IV\/55\/15.2-5508","dublin_core":{"Title":"Provisions of chapter controlling over other statutes and charters","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-5508","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Any provision of this chapter which is found to be in conflict with any other <span class=\"dictionary\">statute<\/span> or charter shall be controlling and shall supersede such other <span class=\"dictionary\">statute<\/span> or charter to the extent of such conflict.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPROVISIONS OF CHAPTER CONTROLLING OVER OTHER STATUTES AND CHARTERS (\u00a7\n15.2-5508)\n\nAny provision of this chapter which is found to be in conflict with any other\nstatute or charter shall be controlling and shall supersede such other statute\nor charter to the extent of such conflict.\n\nHISTORY: 1993, c. 663, \u00a7 15.1-1399.25; 1997, c. 587; 2015, c. 709.","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"}}