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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 829 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 1972 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 4 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 1977, chapter 613; in 1991, chapter 49; in 2006, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?061+ful+CHAP0719\">719<\/a>; in 2010, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?101+ful+CHAP0065\">65<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":78729,"section_number":"2.2-4006","catch_line":"Exemptions from requirements of this article","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-4006\/"},{"id":69941,"section_number":"36-102","catch_line":"Modification, amendment or repeal of Code provisions","order_by":null,"url":"\/36-102\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":86911,"section_number":"2.2-4000","catch_line":"Short title; purpose","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-4000\/"},{"id":78729,"section_number":"2.2-4006","catch_line":"Exemptions from requirements of this article","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-4006\/"}],"permalink":{"id":209291,"object_type":"law","relational_id":82568,"identifier":"36-100","token":"36\/6\/1\/36-100","url":"\/36-100\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/36-100\/","token":"36\/6\/1\/36-100","dublin_core":{"Title":"Notice and hearings on adoption of Code, amendments and repeals","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 36-100","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The adoption, amendment, or repeal of any <span class=\"dictionary\">Code provisions<\/span> shall be exempt from the Administrative Process Act, Chapter 40 (\u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Short title; purpose\" href=\"\/2.2-4000\/\">2.2-4000<\/a> et seq.) of Title 2.2, pursuant to subdivision A 12 of \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Exemptions from requirements of this article\" href=\"\/2.2-4006\/\">2.2-4006<\/a>. 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At any such hearing all persons\ndesiring to do so shall be afforded an opportunity to present their views.\n\nHISTORY: 1972, c. 829; 1977, c. 613; 1991, c. 49; 2006, c. 719; 2010, c. 65.","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}}