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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 406 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 1962 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. 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 1992, chapter 836.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":190861,"object_type":"law","relational_id":73652,"identifier":"28.2-217","token":"28.2\/II\/2\/3\/28.2-217","url":"\/28.2-217\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/28.2-217\/","token":"28.2\/II\/2\/3\/28.2-217","dublin_core":{"Title":"Procedure of hearing","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 28.2-217","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Every <span class=\"dictionary\">party<\/span> shall have the right to cross-examine adverse witnesses including employees of the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span> and to submit <span class=\"dictionary\">rebuttal<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">evidence<\/span>.\n\t\tThe decision of the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span> shall be based only on <span class=\"dictionary\">evidence<\/span> received at the <span class=\"dictionary\">hearing<\/span> and matters of which a <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> of record could take judicial notice.\n\t\tAny <span class=\"dictionary\">party<\/span> may, at his own expense, have a stenographic report made of the <span class=\"dictionary\">hearing<\/span>. A copy of the report shall be made available to the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span>, if it so requests, at cost to the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPROCEDURE OF HEARING (\u00a7 28.2-217)\n\nEvery party shall have the right to cross-examine adverse witnesses including\nemployees of the Commission and to submit rebuttal evidence.\n\t\tThe decision of the Commission shall be based only on evidence received at the\nhearing and matters of which a court of record could take judicial notice.\n\t\tAny party may, at his own expense, have a stenographic report made of the\nhearing. A copy of the report shall be made available to the Commission, if it\nso requests, at cost to the Commission.\n\nHISTORY: 1962, c. 406, \u00a7 28.1-31; 1992, c. 836.","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}}