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This law was first created in 1977. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 684 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 1977 \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 1979, chapter 297; in 1997, chapter 587<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":151367,"object_type":"law","relational_id":80616,"identifier":"15.2-205","token":"15.2\/I\/2\/15.2-205","url":"\/15.2-205\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-205\/","token":"15.2\/I\/2\/15.2-205","dublin_core":{"Title":"Use of provisions of chapter not authorized for certain purposes","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-205","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Notwithstanding any provision of law<\/span> to the contrary, the statutes<\/span> within this chapter shall not be used as authorization for ordering or holding any election or referendum<\/span> the results of which would cause or result in the abolition of any office set forth in Article VII, Section 4 of the Constitution of Virginia until the abolition of any such office has first been provided for by a general law<\/span> or special act on such question alone and approved in a referendum<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nUSE OF PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER NOT AUTHORIZED FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES (\u00a7 15.2-205)\n\nNotwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the statutes within this\nchapter shall not be used as authorization for ordering or holding any election\nor referendum the results of which would cause or result in the abolition of any\noffice set forth in Article VII, Section 4 of the Constitution of Virginia until\nthe abolition of any such office has first been provided for by a general law or\nspecial act on such question alone and approved in a referendum.\n\nHISTORY: 1977, c. 684, \u00a7 15.1-836.1; 1979, c. 297; 1997, c. 587.","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}}