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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?071+ful+CHAP0625\">625<\/a> 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. 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 2020, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0958\">958<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":193663,"object_type":"law","relational_id":68371,"identifier":"29.1-735.3","token":"29.1\/7\/3\/29.1-735.3","url":"\/29.1-735.3\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/29.1-735.3\/","token":"29.1\/7\/3\/29.1-735.3","dublin_core":{"Title":"Regulation of parasail operators","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 29.1-735.3","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span> shall promulgate <span class=\"dictionary\">regulations<\/span> applicable to the commercial operations of parasail operators on <span class=\"dictionary\">waters of the Commonwealth<\/span>. 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