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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 347 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 1982 \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 1990, chapter 92.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1451791,"object_type":"law","relational_id":364173,"identifier":"45.2-1627","token":"45.2\/IV\/16\/2\/45.2-1627","url":"\/45.2-1627\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/45.2-1627\/","token":"45.2\/IV\/16\/2\/45.2-1627","dublin_core":{"Title":" Standing when Director or Board fails to act","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 45.2-1627","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>If the <span class=\"dictionary\">Director<\/span> or <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span> fails to take enforcement action within 10 days of the <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span>&#8217;s receipt of a <span class=\"dictionary\">petition<\/span> alleging that the petitioner is or will be adversely affected by a violation or threatened violation of any provision of this article, regulation adopted thereunder, or <span class=\"dictionary\">order<\/span> of the <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span>, the petitioner shall have standing to file a complaint in the appropriate <span class=\"dictionary\">circuit<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span>. 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The Board, in addition to the person violating or threatening to violate\nthe provision of this article, regulation adopted thereunder, or order of the\nBoard, shall be made a party to any such action.\n\nHISTORY: 1982, c. 347, \u00a7 45.1-307; 1990, c. 92; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 387.","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"}}