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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":[{"id":77581,"section_number":"3.2-5707","catch_line":"Certification of service technicians","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-5707\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":76090,"section_number":"3.2-5628","catch_line":"Weights and Measures Fund established; purpose","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-5628\/"}],"permalink":{"id":198019,"object_type":"law","relational_id":68784,"identifier":"3.2-5708","token":"3.2\/IV\/57\/3.2-5708","url":"\/3.2-5708\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-5708\/","token":"3.2\/IV\/57\/3.2-5708","dublin_core":{"Title":"Certification fee","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-5708","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Each <span class=\"dictionary\">service technician<\/span> applying for a certification or renewal of certification shall pay annually a certification fee of $25. All fees collected pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the state treasury and credited to the Weights and Measures Fund established by \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Weights and Measures Fund established; purpose\" href=\"\/3.2-5628\/\">3.2-5628<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCERTIFICATION FEE (\u00a7 3.2-5708)\n\nEach service technician applying for a certification or renewal of certification\nshall pay annually a certification fee of $25. All fees collected pursuant to\nthis section shall be deposited in the state treasury and credited to the\nWeights and Measures Fund established by \u00a7 3.2-5628.\n\nHISTORY: 1992, c. 242, \u00a7 3.1-969.9; 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}}