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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 242 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 1992 \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 <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?081+ful+CHAP0860\">860<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":58263,"section_number":"3.2-5646","catch_line":"Civil penalties; suit to enjoin violation; compromise","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-5646\/"}],"permalink":{"id":197995,"object_type":"law","relational_id":83876,"identifier":"3.2-5702","token":"3.2\/IV\/57\/3.2-5702","url":"\/3.2-5702\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-5702\/","token":"3.2\/IV\/57\/3.2-5702","dublin_core":{"Title":"Delegation of authority","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-5702","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span> may delegate to the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner<\/span>: (i) any authority vested in it under this chapter, except the authority to adopt regulations; and (ii) any authority contained in \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Civil penalties; suit to enjoin violation; compromise\" href=\"\/3.2-5646\/\">3.2-5646<\/a> relating to the assessment of civil penalties.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDELEGATION OF AUTHORITY (\u00a7 3.2-5702)\n\nThe Board may delegate to the Commissioner: (i) any authority vested in it under\nthis chapter, except the authority to adopt regulations; and (ii) any authority\ncontained in \u00a7 3.2-5646 relating to the assessment of civil penalties.\n\nHISTORY: 1992, c. 242, \u00a7 3.1-969.3; 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}}