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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?051+ful+CHAP0537\">537<\/a> 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. 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 2014, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?141+ful+CHAP0805\">805<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":205209,"object_type":"law","relational_id":85036,"identifier":"33.2-273","token":"33.2\/I\/2\/4\/33.2-273","url":"\/33.2-273\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/33.2-273\/","token":"33.2\/I\/2\/4\/33.2-273","dublin_core":{"Title":"Use of steel plates in connection with highway repairs","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 33.2-273","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Any person using steel plates in connection with a temporary or permanent repair to the <span class=\"dictionary\">roadway<\/span> of any <span class=\"dictionary\">highway<\/span> shall follow the standards of the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> regarding warnings thereof and the marking of such plates. 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