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During the recodification or title revision process, the Commission shall evaluate the need for and recommend the repeal of any section or provision relating to the revised title that has not been implemented during any of the previous five years because sufficient funds were not appropriated by the General Assembly. The House Committee on Appropriations and the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations shall assist the Commission in determining which sections and provisions of the Code of Virginia meet these conditions for repeal. In the revision of each title, all other sections of the Code of Virginia relating to the same subject matter shall be revised to the extent necessary. Whenever in a title revision or recodification bill an existing section of a title of the Code of Virginia is repealed and replaced with a renumbered section and that section so repealed was effective with an uncodified enactment, the repeal of that section, alone, shall not affect the uncodified enactment. The title revision or recodification bill shall expressly repeal the uncodified enactment in order for the enactment to be repealed.\n\t\tWhenever, during any session of the General Assembly, there shall have been enacted any statute purporting to revise, rearrange, amend, and recodify any title of the Code of Virginia, such statute shall be deemed to have been enacted prior to any other statute enacted at such session adding to, repealing, or amending and reenacting any portion of such title. Every such other statute shall be deemed to have so added to, repealed, or amended and reenacted, as the case may be, such title as so revised, rearranged, amended, and recodified. 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Every such other statute shall be deemed to have so added to, repealed, or amended and reenacted, as the case may be, such title as so revised, rearranged, amended, and recodified. 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This law was first created in 1968. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 124 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 1968 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 6 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 1983, chapter 260; in 1992, chapter 216; in 1999, chapter 121<\/a>; in 2000, chapter 154<\/a>; in 2001, chapter 844<\/a>; in 2007, chapter 614<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":199643,"object_type":"law","relational_id":83991,"identifier":"30-152","token":"30\/15\/30-152","url":"\/30-152\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/30-152\/","token":"30\/15\/30-152","dublin_core":{"Title":"Revision of the Code of Virginia; construction of statutes relating to titles amended","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 30-152","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Code of Virginia shall continue to be gradually revised by revising one title at a time. The Commission shall have the responsibility for drafting title revision and recodification bills for introduction into the General Assembly. During the recodification or title revision process, the Commission shall evaluate the need for and recommend the repeal of any section or provision relating to the revised title that has not been implemented during any of the previous five years because sufficient funds were not appropriated by the General Assembly. The House Committee on Appropriations and the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations shall assist the Commission in determining which sections and provisions of the Code of Virginia meet these conditions for repeal. In the revision of each title, all other sections of the Code of Virginia relating to the same subject matter shall be revised to the extent necessary. Whenever in a title revision or recodification bill an existing section of a title of the Code of Virginia is repealed and replaced with a renumbered section and that section so repealed was effective with an uncodified enactment, the repeal of that section, alone, shall not affect the uncodified enactment. The title revision or recodification bill shall expressly repeal the uncodified enactment in order<\/span> for the enactment to be repealed.\n\t\tWhenever, during any session of the General Assembly, there shall have been enacted any statute<\/span> purporting to revise, rearrange, amend<\/span>, and recodify any title of the Code of Virginia, such statute<\/span> shall be deemed to have been enacted prior to any other statute<\/span> enacted at such session adding to, repealing, or amending and reenacting any portion of such title. Every such other statute<\/span> shall be deemed to have so added to, repealed, or amended and reenacted, as the case may be, such title as so revised, rearranged, amended, and recodified. Effect shall be given to any such other, or subsequent, statute<\/span> only to the extent of any apparent changes in the law<\/span> as it existed prior to such session.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREVISION OF THE CODE OF VIRGINIA; CONSTRUCTION OF STATUTES RELATING TO TITLES\nAMENDED (\u00a7 30-152)\n\nThe Code of Virginia shall continue to be gradually revised by revising one\ntitle at a time. The Commission shall have the responsibility for drafting title\nrevision and recodification bills for introduction into the General Assembly.\nDuring the recodification or title revision process, the Commission shall\nevaluate the need for and recommend the repeal of any section or provision\nrelating to the revised title that has not been implemented during any of the\nprevious five years because sufficient funds were not appropriated by the\nGeneral Assembly. The House Committee on Appropriations and the Senate Committee\non Finance and Appropriations shall assist the Commission in determining which\nsections and provisions of the Code of Virginia meet these conditions for\nrepeal. In the revision of each title, all other sections of the Code of\nVirginia relating to the same subject matter shall be revised to the extent\nnecessary. Whenever in a title revision or recodification bill an existing\nsection of a title of the Code of Virginia is repealed and replaced with a\nrenumbered section and that section so repealed was effective with an uncodified\nenactment, the repeal of that section, alone, shall not affect the uncodified\nenactment. The title revision or recodification bill shall expressly repeal the\nuncodified enactment in order for the enactment to be repealed.\n\t\tWhenever, during any session of the General Assembly, there shall have been\nenacted any statute purporting to revise, rearrange, amend, and recodify any\ntitle of the Code of Virginia, such statute shall be deemed to have been enacted\nprior to any other statute enacted at such session adding to, repealing, or\namending and reenacting any portion of such title. Every such other statute\nshall be deemed to have so added to, repealed, or amended and reenacted, as the\ncase may be, such title as so revised, rearranged, amended, and recodified.\nEffect shall be given to any such other, or subsequent, statute only to the\nextent of any apparent changes in the law as it existed prior to such session.\n\nHISTORY: 1968, c. 124, \u00a7 9-77.11; 1983, c. 260; 1992, c. 216; 1999, c. 121;\n2000, c. 154; 2001, c. 844; 2007, c. 614.","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}}