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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 719; in 1997, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?971+ful+CHAP0587\">587<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":158981,"object_type":"law","relational_id":66833,"identifier":"15.2-5342","token":"15.2\/IV\/53\/2\/15.2-5342","url":"\/15.2-5342\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-5342\/","token":"15.2\/IV\/53\/2\/15.2-5342","dublin_core":{"Title":"Incidental powers","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-5342","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>An <span class=\"dictionary\">authority<\/span> shall have power, in addition to all of the other powers herein conferred upon it, to do all things necessary and convenient to carry out the powers expressly given in this chapter.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nINCIDENTAL POWERS (\u00a7 15.2-5342)\n\nAn authority shall have power, in addition to all of the other powers herein\nconferred upon it, to do all things necessary and convenient to carry out the\npowers expressly given in this chapter.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 32-257; 1979, c. 719, \u00a7 15.1-1577; 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}}