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This law was first created in 1983. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 235 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 1994, chapter 373<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":61634,"section_number":"32.1-273","catch_line":"Fees for certified copies, searches of files, etc.; disposition","order_by":null,"url":"\/32.1-273\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":204299,"object_type":"law","relational_id":82448,"identifier":"32.1-273.1","token":"32.1\/7\/7\/32.1-273.1","url":"\/32.1-273.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/32.1-273.1\/","token":"32.1\/7\/7\/32.1-273.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Virginia Vital Statistics Automation Fund","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 32.1-273.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

For the purpose of fully automating the system of vital records<\/span> provided for in this chapter, including the statewide system for decentralizing certification of vital records, there is hereby established the Virginia Vital Statistics Automation Fund.\n\t\tFour dollars of each fee collected by the State Registrar shall be deposited by the Comptroller to this fund to be appropriated for this purpose to the Department<\/span> of Health by the General Assembly as it deems necessary.\n\t\tDeposits to this fund shall cease at such time as the system of vital records<\/span> for Virginia has become fully automated and the fund shall expire. Any funds unexpended at expiration shall revert to the general fund.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nVIRGINIA VITAL STATISTICS AUTOMATION FUND (\u00a7 32.1-273.1)\n\nFor the purpose of fully automating the system of vital records provided for in\nthis chapter, including the statewide system for decentralizing certification of\nvital records, there is hereby established the Virginia Vital Statistics\nAutomation Fund.\n\t\tFour dollars of each fee collected by the State Registrar shall be deposited\nby the Comptroller to this fund to be appropriated for this purpose to the\nDepartment of Health by the General Assembly as it deems necessary.\n\t\tDeposits to this fund shall cease at such time as the system of vital records\nfor Virginia has become fully automated and the fund shall expire. Any funds\nunexpended at expiration shall revert to the general fund.\n\nHISTORY: 1983, c. 235; 1994, c. 373.","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}}