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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 429 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 1986 \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 1988, chapter 340; in 2002, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?021+ful+CHAP0856\">856<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":190537,"object_type":"law","relational_id":66454,"identifier":"27-96","token":"27\/9\/27-96","url":"\/27-96\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/27-96\/","token":"27\/9\/27-96","dublin_core":{"Title":"Statewide standards","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 27-96","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The purposes of this chapter are to provide for statewide standards for optional local enforcement to safeguard life and property from the hazards of fire or explosion arising from the improper maintenance of life safety and fire prevention and protection <span class=\"dictionary\">materials<\/span>, devices, systems and structures, and the unsafe storage, handling, and use of substances, <span class=\"dictionary\">materials<\/span> and devices, including <span class=\"dictionary\">fireworks<\/span>, explosives and blasting agents, wherever located.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSTATEWIDE STANDARDS (\u00a7 27-96)\n\nThe purposes of this chapter are to provide for statewide standards for optional\nlocal enforcement to safeguard life and property from the hazards of fire or\nexplosion arising from the improper maintenance of life safety and fire\nprevention and protection materials, devices, systems and structures, and the\nunsafe storage, handling, and use of substances, materials and devices,\nincluding fireworks, explosives and blasting agents, wherever located.\n\nHISTORY: 1986, c. 429; 1988, c. 340; 2002, c. 856.","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}}