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This law was first created in 2023. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 624<\/a> and 625<\/a> 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. 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 2024, chapter 507<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":73983,"section_number":"2.2-2052","catch_line":"Apprentice agreement signed by association of employers or organization of employees","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-2052\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":73983,"section_number":"2.2-2052","catch_line":"Apprentice agreement signed by association of employers or organization of employees","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-2052\/"}],"permalink":{"id":173637,"object_type":"law","relational_id":63257,"identifier":"2.2-2050","token":"2.2\/I\/C\/20.2\/3\/2.2-2050","url":"\/2.2-2050\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/2.2-2050\/","token":"2.2\/I\/C\/20.2\/3\/2.2-2050","dublin_core":{"Title":"Approval of apprentice agreement by Commissioner; signing","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 2.2-2050","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

No apprentice<\/span> agreement under this article shall be effective until approved by the Commissioner<\/span>. Every apprentice<\/span> agreement shall be signed by the employer<\/span>, or by an association of employers<\/span> or an organization of employees as provided in \u00a7 2.2-2052<\/a>, and by the apprentice<\/span>, and, if the apprentice<\/span> is a minor<\/span>, by the minor<\/span>’s parent, provided that if both parents are dead or legally incapable of giving consent or have abandoned their children, then by the guardian of the minor<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nAPPROVAL OF APPRENTICE AGREEMENT BY COMMISSIONER; SIGNING (\u00a7 2.2-2050)\n\nNo apprentice agreement under this article shall be effective until approved by\nthe Commissioner. Every apprentice agreement shall be signed by the employer, or\nby an association of employers or an organization of employees as provided in \u00a7\n2.2-2052, and by the apprentice, and, if the apprentice is a minor, by the\nminor’s parent, provided that if both parents are dead or legally\nincapable of giving consent or have abandoned their children, then by the\nguardian of the minor.\n\nHISTORY: 2023, cc. 624, 625; 2024, c. 507.","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}}