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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 153 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 1976 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online.<\/p>","references":[{"id":61280,"section_number":"19.2-392.02","catch_line":"National criminal background checks by businesses and organizations regarding employees or volunteers providing care to children or the elderly or disabled","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-392.02\/"},{"id":64442,"section_number":"22.1-279.3:1","catch_line":"Reports of certain acts to school authorities; reports of certain acts by school authorities to parents; reports of certain acts by school authorities to law enforcement","order_by":null,"url":"\/22.1-279.3_1\/"},{"id":81648,"section_number":"63.2-901.1","catch_line":"Criminal history and central registry check for placements of children","order_by":null,"url":"\/63.2-901.1\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":165347,"object_type":"law","relational_id":78938,"identifier":"18.2-87.1","token":"18.2\/5\/1\/18.2-87.1","url":"\/18.2-87.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/18.2-87.1\/","token":"18.2\/5\/1\/18.2-87.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Setting off chemical bombs capable of producing smoke in certain public buildings","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 18.2-87.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>It shall be unlawful for any person to willfully and intentionally set off or cause to be set off any chemical bomb capable of producing smoke in any building used for public assembly or regularly used by the public including, but not limited to, schools, theaters, stores, office buildings, shopping malls, coliseums and arenas. 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