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This law was first created in 1970. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 322 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 1970 \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 2014, chapter 805<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":205799,"object_type":"law","relational_id":78800,"identifier":"33.2-313","token":"33.2\/II\/3\/2\/33.2-313","url":"\/33.2-313\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/33.2-313\/","token":"33.2\/II\/3\/2\/33.2-313","dublin_core":{"Title":"Maintenance of highways at state institutions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 33.2-313","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Commissioner of Highways<\/span> may, when requested by the governing body of a state institution, assume the maintenance<\/span> of any highway<\/span> within the grounds of such state institution that has been established and constructed by such institution to standards acceptable to the Commissioner of Highways<\/span>. Any such highways accepted for maintenance<\/span> by the Commissioner of Highways<\/span> under the provisions of this section shall be a part of the primary state highway<\/span> system, but the state institution shall continue to exercise police power over such highways.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nMAINTENANCE OF HIGHWAYS AT STATE INSTITUTIONS (\u00a7 33.2-313)\n\nThe Commissioner of Highways may, when requested by the governing body of a\nstate institution, assume the maintenance of any highway within the grounds of\nsuch state institution that has been established and constructed by such\ninstitution to standards acceptable to the Commissioner of Highways. Any such\nhighways accepted for maintenance by the Commissioner of Highways under the\nprovisions of this section shall be a part of the primary state highway system,\nbut the state institution shall continue to exercise police power over such\nhighways.\n\nHISTORY: 1970, c. 322, \u00a7 33.1-33; 2014, c. 805.","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}}