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Every location at which asbestos is identified shall be clearly marked with suitably designed signs or labels. The Director shall prepare an accurate estimate of the cost of abating the risk of all asbestos so identified. The Director shall also establish a list of abatement priorities, which shall include the estimated cost of abating the risk at each location on the list. To the extent that funds are available, and in accordance with the priorities established by the Director, the agency or institution of the Commonwealth responsible for the maintenance of buildings at any such location shall proceed to abate the risk at such locations.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":262521,"text":"The Director at the direction of the Secretary and in cooperation with any other appropriate agencies including but not limited to the Department of Education shall ensure that every building owned by the Commonwealth or any agency of the Commonwealth which has not previously been inspected by competent personnel as provided below is inspected as soon as practical by competent personnel who have the training and equipment necessary to identify (i) the presence of asbestos, and (ii) to the extent practicable the relative hazard or hazards to health and safety posed at each location at which asbestos is identified. Every location at which asbestos is identified shall be clearly marked with suitably designed signs or labels. The Director shall prepare an accurate estimate of the cost of abating the risk of all asbestos so identified. The Director shall also establish a list of abatement priorities, which shall include the estimated cost of abating the risk at each location on the list. 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This law was first created in 1985. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 534 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 1985 \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 1986, chapters 288 and 560; in 2001, chapter 844<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":172761,"object_type":"law","relational_id":72861,"identifier":"2.2-1163","token":"2.2\/I\/C\/11\/5\/2.2-1163","url":"\/2.2-1163\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/2.2-1163\/","token":"2.2\/I\/C\/11\/5\/2.2-1163","dublin_core":{"Title":"Inspection of state-owned buildings; marking locations where asbestos found; risk abatement and estimate of cost thereof","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 2.2-1163","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Director<\/span> at the direction of the Secretary<\/span> and in cooperation with any other appropriate agencies including but not limited to the Department of Education shall ensure that every building owned by the Commonwealth or any agency of the Commonwealth which has not previously been inspected by competent personnel as provided below is inspected as soon as practical by competent personnel who have the training and equipment necessary to identify (i) the presence of asbestos<\/span>, and (ii) to the extent practicable the relative hazard or hazards to health and safety posed at each location at which asbestos<\/span> is identified. Every location at which asbestos<\/span> is identified shall be clearly marked with suitably designed signs or labels. The Director<\/span> shall prepare an accurate estimate of the cost of abating the risk of all asbestos<\/span> so identified. The Director<\/span> shall also establish a list of abatement priorities, which shall include the estimated cost of abating the risk at each location on the list. To the extent that funds are available, and in accordance with the priorities established by the Director<\/span>, the agency or institution of the Commonwealth responsible for the maintenance of buildings at any such location shall proceed to abate the risk at such locations.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nINSPECTION OF STATE-OWNED BUILDINGS; MARKING LOCATIONS WHERE ASBESTOS FOUND;\nRISK ABATEMENT AND ESTIMATE OF COST THEREOF (\u00a7 2.2-1163)\n\nThe Director at the direction of the Secretary and in cooperation with any other\nappropriate agencies including but not limited to the Department of Education\nshall ensure that every building owned by the Commonwealth or any agency of the\nCommonwealth which has not previously been inspected by competent personnel as\nprovided below is inspected as soon as practical by competent personnel who have\nthe training and equipment necessary to identify (i) the presence of asbestos,\nand (ii) to the extent practicable the relative hazard or hazards to health and\nsafety posed at each location at which asbestos is identified. Every location at\nwhich asbestos is identified shall be clearly marked with suitably designed\nsigns or labels. The Director shall prepare an accurate estimate of the cost of\nabating the risk of all asbestos so identified. The Director shall also\nestablish a list of abatement priorities, which shall include the estimated cost\nof abating the risk at each location on the list. To the extent that funds are\navailable, and in accordance with the priorities established by the Director,\nthe agency or institution of the Commonwealth responsible for the maintenance of\nbuildings at any such location shall proceed to abate the risk at such\nlocations.\n\nHISTORY: 1985, c. 534, \u00a7 2.1-526.13; 1986, cc. 288, 560; 2001, c. 844.","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}}