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This law was first created in 1988. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 542 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 3 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 1994, chapters 361<\/a> and 598<\/a>; in 1995, chapter 687<\/a>; in 1996, chapter 545<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":56192,"section_number":"19.2-11.01","catch_line":"Crime victim and witness rights","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-11.01\/"},{"id":62489,"section_number":"19.2-11.3","catch_line":"Virginia Crime Victim-Witness Fund","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-11.3\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":63330,"section_number":"9.1-104","catch_line":"Establishment of victim and witness assistance programs; purpose; guidelines","order_by":null,"url":"\/9.1-104\/"}],"permalink":{"id":168255,"object_type":"law","relational_id":69605,"identifier":"19.2-11.1","token":"19.2\/1.1\/19.2-11.1","url":"\/19.2-11.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/19.2-11.1\/","token":"19.2\/1.1\/19.2-11.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Establishment of crime victim-witness assistance programs; funding; minimum standards","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 19.2-11.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any local governmental body which establishes, operates and maintains a crime<\/span> victim and witness<\/span> assistance program, whose funding is provided in whole or part by grants administered by the Department of Criminal Justice Services pursuant to \u00a7 9.1-104<\/a>, shall operate the program in accordance with guidelines which shall be established by the Department to implement the provisions of this chapter and other applicable laws<\/span> establishing victims’ rights.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nESTABLISHMENT OF CRIME VICTIM-WITNESS ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS; FUNDING; MINIMUM\nSTANDARDS (\u00a7 19.2-11.1)\n\nAny local governmental body which establishes, operates and maintains a crime\nvictim and witness assistance program, whose funding is provided in whole or\npart by grants administered by the Department of Criminal Justice Services\npursuant to \u00a7 9.1-104, shall operate the program in accordance with guidelines\nwhich shall be established by the Department to implement the provisions of this\nchapter and other applicable laws establishing victims’ rights.\n\nHISTORY: 1988, c. 542; 1994, cc. 361, 598; 1995, c. 687; 1996, c. 545.","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}}