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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 532 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 1988 \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 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":151977,"object_type":"law","relational_id":81735,"identifier":"15.2-720","token":"15.2\/I\/7\/2\/15.2-720","url":"\/15.2-720\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-720\/","token":"15.2\/I\/7\/2\/15.2-720","dublin_core":{"Title":"Employee salary reduction agreements","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-720","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>In connection with some or all of its employee benefit programs, the board is authorized to enter into voluntary salary reduction agreements with its officers and employees when such agreements are authorized under the <span class=\"dictionary\">laws<\/span> of the United States relating to federal income taxes. Any such voluntary salary reduction agreements entered into prior to July 1, 1988, are hereby validated.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEMPLOYEE SALARY REDUCTION AGREEMENTS (\u00a7 15.2-720)\n\nIn connection with some or all of its employee benefit programs, the board is\nauthorized to enter into voluntary salary reduction agreements with its officers\nand employees when such agreements are authorized under the laws of the United\nStates relating to federal income taxes. Any such voluntary salary reduction\nagreements entered into prior to July 1, 1988, are hereby validated.\n\nHISTORY: 1988, c. 532, \u00a7 15.1-686.7; 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}}