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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 1966, chapter 702; in 2008, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?081+ful+CHAP0860\">860<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":195495,"object_type":"law","relational_id":79565,"identifier":"3.2-3212","token":"3.2\/III\/32\/3.2-3212","url":"\/3.2-3212\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-3212\/","token":"3.2\/III\/32\/3.2-3212","dublin_core":{"Title":"Licenses generally","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-3212","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span> may require all <span class=\"dictionary\">distributors<\/span> in any <span class=\"dictionary\">market<\/span> designated by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span> to be licensed by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span> for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this chapter. The <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span> may decline to grant a license, or may suspend or revoke a license already granted upon due notice and after a <span class=\"dictionary\">hearing<\/span>. The <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span> may classify licenses, and may <span class=\"dictionary\">issue<\/span> licenses to <span class=\"dictionary\">distributors<\/span> to process or store or sell <span class=\"dictionary\">milk<\/span> to a particular city or to a particular <span class=\"dictionary\">market<\/span> within the Commonwealth.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLICENSES GENERALLY (\u00a7 3.2-3212)\n\nThe Commission may require all distributors in any market designated by the\nCommission to be licensed by the Commission for the purpose of carrying out the\nprovisions of this chapter. The Commission may decline to grant a license, or\nmay suspend or revoke a license already granted upon due notice and after a\nhearing. The Commission may classify licenses, and may issue licenses to\ndistributors to process or store or sell milk to a particular city or to a\nparticular market within the Commonwealth.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 3-360; 1966, c. 702, \u00a7 3.1-439; 2008, c. 860.","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}}