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This law was first created in 1978. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 837 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 1978 \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 2008, chapter 860<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":194195,"object_type":"law","relational_id":82647,"identifier":"3.2-501","token":"3.2\/I\/5\/3.2-501","url":"\/3.2-501\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-501\/","token":"3.2\/I\/5\/3.2-501","dublin_core":{"Title":"Declaration by Governor","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-501","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The provisions of this chapter shall be effective from the time that the Governor makes a request pursuant to Section 301 of Public Law<\/span> 93-288, 42 U.S.C. \u00a7 5141, until the Governor declares that the effects of the disaster have been abated.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDECLARATION BY GOVERNOR (\u00a7 3.2-501)\n\nThe provisions of this chapter shall be effective from the time that the\nGovernor makes a request pursuant to Section 301 of Public Law 93-288, 42 U.S.C.\n\u00a7 5141, until the Governor declares that the effects of the disaster have been\nabated.\n\nHISTORY: 1978, c. 837, \u00a7 3.1-22.16; 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}}