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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0647\">647<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0648\">648<\/a> 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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":143653,"object_type":"law","relational_id":67571,"identifier":"10.1-202.3","token":"10.1\/I\/2\/1\/10.1-202.3","url":"\/10.1-202.3\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/10.1-202.3\/","token":"10.1\/I\/2\/1\/10.1-202.3","dublin_core":{"Title":"Virginia National Guard Passport established; free entry into and parking at state parks","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 10.1-202.3","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> shall establish a Virginia National Guard Passport (the Passport) that entitles the bearer to enter state parks in the Commonwealth without the payment of a parking or admission fee. 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The Passport shall be valid for as long\nas the bearer is a member of the Virginia National Guard.\n\nHISTORY: 2023, cc. 647, 648.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}