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It has been modified 8 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 1970, chapter 322; in 1977, chapter 678; in 1982, chapter 647; in 1985, chapter 130; in 2006, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?061+ful+CHAP0434\">434<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?061+ful+CHAP0480\">480<\/a>; in 2008, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?081+ful+CHAP0472\">472<\/a>; in 2010, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?101+ful+CHAP0022\">22<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?101+ful+CHAP0050\">50<\/a>; in 2014, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?141+ful+CHAP0805\">805<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":66754,"section_number":"33.2-235","catch_line":"Procurement","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-235\/"}],"permalink":{"id":205039,"object_type":"law","relational_id":81809,"identifier":"33.2-234","token":"33.2\/I\/2\/3\/33.2-234","url":"\/33.2-234\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/33.2-234\/","token":"33.2\/I\/2\/3\/33.2-234","dublin_core":{"Title":"Construction by state or local employees","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 33.2-234","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> Irrespective of the provisions of &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Procurement\" href=\"\/33.2-235\/\">33.2-235<\/a>, in cases of emergency or on any project reasonably estimated to cost not more than $700,000, the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner of Highways<\/span> may build or maintain any of the highways in the systems of state highways by state employees or local employees as he may designate. <a id=\"paragraph-293125\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/33.2-234\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection A, the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner of Highways<\/span> may enter into a written agreement with a locality for the building and <span class=\"dictionary\">maintenance<\/span> of any of the highways in the systems of state highways by local employees provided that (i) the locality has obtained a cost estimate for the work of not more than $1 million and (ii) the locality has issued an invitation for bid and has received fewer than two bids from private entities to build or maintain such highways. <a id=\"paragraph-293126\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/33.2-234\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCONSTRUCTION BY STATE OR LOCAL EMPLOYEES (\u00a7 33.2-234)\n\nA. Irrespective of the provisions of &#xA7; 33.2-235, in cases of emergency or\non any project reasonably estimated to cost not more than $700,000, the\nCommissioner of Highways may build or maintain any of the highways in the\nsystems of state highways by state employees or local employees as he may\ndesignate.\n\nB. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection A, the Commissioner of Highways\nmay enter into a written agreement with a locality for the building and\nmaintenance of any of the highways in the systems of state highways by local\nemployees provided that (i) the locality has obtained a cost estimate for the\nwork of not more than $1 million and (ii) the locality has issued an invitation\nfor bid and has received fewer than two bids from private entities to build or\nmaintain such highways.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 33-104; 1970, c. 322, \u00a7 33.1-190; 1977, c. 678; 1982, c.\n647; 1985, c. 130; 1986, Sp. Sess., c. 9; 2006, cc. 434, 480; 2008, c. 472;\n2010, cc. 22, 50; 2014, c. 805; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 260.","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}}