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This section shall not apply to public institutions of higher education that have entered into management agreements with the Commonwealth pursuant to the Restructured Higher Education Financial and Administrative Operations Act (\u00a7 23.1-1000 et seq.).","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":219026,"text":"No governing board shall refer a student account to collections for nonpayment before such referral is required by the provisions of \u00a7 2.2-4806. 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 197 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 1970 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 12 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 1985, chapter 520; in 1987, chapter 109; in 1992, chapter 630; in 1997, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?971+ful+CHAP0827\">827<\/a>; in 1998, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?981+ful+CHAP0039\">39<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?981+ful+CHAP0362\">362<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?981+ful+CHAP0483\">483<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?981+ful+CHAP0784\">784<\/a>; in 2001, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?011+ful+CHAP0664\">664<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?011+ful+CHAP0673\">673<\/a>; in 2005, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?051+ful+CHAP0818\">818<\/a>; in 2006, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?061+ful+CHAP0121\">121<\/a>; in 2008, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?081+ful+CHAP0441\">441<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?081+ful+CHAP0495\">495<\/a>; in 2012, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?121+ful+CHAP0448\">448<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?121+ful+CHAP0658\">658<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?121+ful+CHAP0716\">716<\/a>; in 2016, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?161+ful+CHAP0588\">588<\/a>; in 2017, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0314\">314<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":82598,"section_number":"2.2-4806","catch_line":"Utilization of certain collection techniques","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-4806\/"},{"id":84746,"section_number":"23.1-1000","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/23.1-1000\/"}],"permalink":{"id":185957,"object_type":"law","relational_id":59812,"identifier":"23.1-1305","token":"23.1\/IV\/13\/23.1-1305","url":"\/23.1-1305\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/23.1-1305\/","token":"23.1\/IV\/13\/23.1-1305","dublin_core":{"Title":"Governing boards; student accounts; collections","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 23.1-1305","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>No <span class=\"dictionary\">governing board<\/span> shall refer a student account to collections for nonpayment before such referral is required by the provisions of \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Utilization of certain collection techniques\" href=\"\/2.2-4806\/\">2.2-4806<\/a>. 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This section\nshall not apply to public institutions of higher education that have entered\ninto management agreements with the Commonwealth pursuant to the Restructured\nHigher Education Financial and Administrative Operations Act (\u00a7 23.1-1000 et\nseq.).\n\nHISTORY: 1970, c. 197, \u00a7 23-9.2:3; 1985, c. 520; 1987, c. 109; 1992, c. 630;\n1997, c. 827; 1998, cc. 39, 362, 483, 784; 2001, cc. 664, 673; 2005, c. 818;\n2006, c. 121; 2008, cc. 441, 495; 2012, cc. 448, 658, 716; 2016, c. 588; 2017,\nc. 314.","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}}