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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 336 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 1975 \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 1978, chapter 296; in 2002, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?021+ful+CHAP0747\">747<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1497941,"object_type":"law","relational_id":375625,"identifier":"63.2-323","token":"63.2\/I\/3\/1\/63.2-323","url":"\/63.2-323\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/63.2-323\/","token":"63.2\/I\/3\/1\/63.2-323","dublin_core":{"Title":"Emergency payments","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 63.2-323","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>In emergency situations or in the event of delay or error in a state issuance of payments for <span class=\"dictionary\">public assistance<\/span> and <span class=\"dictionary\">social services<\/span> to eligible recipients, or expenditures for administration and services, emergency payments shall be issued by <span class=\"dictionary\">local boards<\/span> as authorized by Board regulations. In emergency situations that result from lost or stolen checks, the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> shall assume liability for losses incurred by <span class=\"dictionary\">local boards<\/span> due to fraudulent acts by recipients; however, the <span class=\"dictionary\">local board<\/span> shall make diligent efforts to recoup any such lost funds in accordance with Board regulations.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEMERGENCY PAYMENTS (\u00a7 63.2-323)\n\nIn emergency situations or in the event of delay or error in a state issuance of\npayments for public assistance and social services to eligible recipients, or\nexpenditures for administration and services, emergency payments shall be issued\nby local boards as authorized by Board regulations. In emergency situations that\nresult from lost or stolen checks, the Department shall assume liability for\nlosses incurred by local boards due to fraudulent acts by recipients; however,\nthe local board shall make diligent efforts to recoup any such lost funds in\naccordance with Board regulations.\n\nHISTORY: 1975, c. 336, \u00a7 63.1-58.1; 1978, c. 296; 2002, c. 747.","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"}}