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The statutes may be incorporated by supplements to each volume, replacement of any volume or volumes, or a combination thereof.\n\t\tUnless prevented by unusual circumstances, this work and the distribution of each supplement and replacement volume shall be completed prior to the date when the statutes contained in each such supplement and replacement volume become effective.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":267555,"text":"Immediately following each regular session of the General Assembly, the Commission shall arrange for the codification and incorporation into the Code of Virginia of all general and permanent statutes enacted at such regular sessions and at all special sessions that have occurred between that regular session and the immediately preceding regular session. 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This law was first created in 1983. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 260 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 1983 \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 2001, chapter 844<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":72767,"section_number":"2.2-4345","catch_line":"Exemptions from competitive sealed bidding and competitive negotiation for certain transactions; limitations","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-4345\/"},{"id":86469,"section_number":"30-14","catch_line":"Clerk to be Keeper of the Rolls; other duties","order_by":null,"url":"\/30-14\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":199627,"object_type":"law","relational_id":74441,"identifier":"30-148","token":"30\/15\/30-148","url":"\/30-148\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/30-148\/","token":"30\/15\/30-148","dublin_core":{"Title":"Codification of session laws","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 30-148","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Immediately following each regular session of the General Assembly, the Commission shall arrange for the codification and incorporation into the Code of Virginia of all general and permanent statutes<\/span> enacted at such regular sessions and at all special sessions that have occurred between that regular session and the immediately preceding regular session. The statutes<\/span> may be incorporated by supplements to each volume, replacement of any volume or volumes, or a combination thereof.\n\t\tUnless prevented by unusual circumstances, this work and the distribution of each supplement and replacement volume shall be completed prior to the date when the statutes<\/span> contained in each such supplement and replacement volume become effective.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCODIFICATION OF SESSION LAWS (\u00a7 30-148)\n\nImmediately following each regular session of the General Assembly, the\nCommission shall arrange for the codification and incorporation into the Code of\nVirginia of all general and permanent statutes enacted at such regular sessions\nand at all special sessions that have occurred between that regular session and\nthe immediately preceding regular session. The statutes may be incorporated by\nsupplements to each volume, replacement of any volume or volumes, or a\ncombination thereof.\n\t\tUnless prevented by unusual circumstances, this work and the distribution of\neach supplement and replacement volume shall be completed prior to the date when\nthe statutes contained in each such supplement and replacement volume become\neffective.\n\nHISTORY: 1983, c. 260, \u00a7 9-77.9; 2001, c. 844.","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}}