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This law was first created in 1987. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 581 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 1987 \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 2000, chapter 933<\/a>; in 2001, chapter 844<\/a>; in 2012, chapters 803<\/a> and 835<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":77912,"section_number":"2.2-3705.3","catch_line":"(Effective July 1, 2026) Exclusions to application of chapter; records relating to administrative investigations","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-3705.3\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":61930,"section_number":"15.2-725","catch_line":"Commission on human rights; subpoena requests","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-725\/"},{"id":79958,"section_number":"15.2-853","catch_line":"Commission on human rights; human rights ordinance","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-853\/"},{"id":58311,"section_number":"15.2-854","catch_line":"Investigations","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-854\/"}],"permalink":{"id":172449,"object_type":"law","relational_id":58822,"identifier":"2.2-524","token":"2.2\/I\/B\/5\/4\/2.2-524","url":"\/2.2-524\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/2.2-524\/","token":"2.2\/I\/B\/5\/4\/2.2-524","dublin_core":{"Title":"Powers of local commissions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 2.2-524","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A local human rights or human relations commission established prior to the effective date of this article or any predecessor statute<\/span> may exercise any such additional powers as may have been granted heretofore to that commission pursuant to applicable provisions of \u00a7\u00a7 15.2-725<\/a>, 15.2-853<\/a>, and 15.2-854<\/a> or municipal charter provisions.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPOWERS OF LOCAL COMMISSIONS (\u00a7 2.2-524)\n\nA local human rights or human relations commission established prior to the\neffective date of this article or any predecessor statute may exercise any such\nadditional powers as may have been granted heretofore to that commission\npursuant to applicable provisions of \u00a7\u00a7 15.2-725, 15.2-853, and 15.2-854 or\nmunicipal charter provisions.\n\nHISTORY: 1987, c. 581, \u00a7 2.1-724; 2000, c. 933; 2001, c. 844, \u00a7 2.2-2638;\n2012, cc. 803, 835.","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}}