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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 112 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 1989 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 5 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 1995, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?951+ful+CHAP0249\">249<\/a>; in 2001, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?011+ful+CHAP0844\">844<\/a>; in 2004, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?041+ful+CHAP1000\">1000<\/a>; in 2012, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?121+ful+CHAP0001\">1<\/a>; in 2023, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0455\">455<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":59738,"section_number":"24.2-304.5","catch_line":"Notification of certain civil actions","order_by":null,"url":"\/24.2-304.5\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":67376,"section_number":"24.2-304.04","catch_line":"Standards and criteria for congressional and state legislative districts","order_by":null,"url":"\/24.2-304.04\/"},{"id":59738,"section_number":"24.2-304.5","catch_line":"Notification of certain civil actions","order_by":null,"url":"\/24.2-304.5\/"},{"id":59535,"section_number":"30-391","catch_line":"Virginia Redistricting Commission","order_by":null,"url":"\/30-391\/"}],"permalink":{"id":172351,"object_type":"law","relational_id":73873,"identifier":"2.2-508","token":"2.2\/I\/B\/5\/1\/2.2-508","url":"\/2.2-508\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/2.2-508\/","token":"2.2\/I\/B\/5\/1\/2.2-508","dublin_core":{"Title":"Legal service in certain redistricting proceedings","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 2.2-508","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Upon notification by a county, city or town of a pending <span class=\"dictionary\">civil action<\/span> challenging the legality of its election district boundaries as required by \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Notification of certain civil actions\" href=\"\/24.2-304.5\/\">24.2-304.5<\/a>, the <span class=\"dictionary\">Attorney General<\/span> shall review the papers in the <span class=\"dictionary\">civil action<\/span> and may represent the interests of the Commonwealth in developing an appropriate remedy that is consistent with the requirements of Article VII, \u00a7&nbsp;5 of the Constitution of Virginia, Chapter 3 (\u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Standards and criteria for congressional and state legislative districts\" href=\"\/24.2-304.04\/\">24.2-304.04<\/a> et seq.) of Title 24.2, or Chapter 62 (\u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Virginia Redistricting Commission\" href=\"\/30-391\/\">30-391<\/a> et seq.) of Title 30.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLEGAL SERVICE IN CERTAIN REDISTRICTING PROCEEDINGS (\u00a7 2.2-508)\n\nUpon notification by a county, city or town of a pending civil action\nchallenging the legality of its election district boundaries as required by \u00a7\n24.2-304.5, the Attorney General shall review the papers in the civil action and\nmay represent the interests of the Commonwealth in developing an appropriate\nremedy that is consistent with the requirements of Article VII, \u00a7 5 of the\nConstitution of Virginia, Chapter 3 (\u00a7 24.2-304.04 et seq.) of Title 24.2, or\nChapter 62 (\u00a7 30-391 et seq.) of Title 30.\n\nHISTORY: 1989, c. 112, \u00a7 2.1-121.1; 1995, c. 249; 2001, c. 844; 2004, c. 1000;\n2012, c. 1; 2023, c. 455.","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}}