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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?941+ful+CHAP0574\">574<\/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 1999, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?991+ful+CHAP0333\">333<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?991+ful+CHAP0341\">341<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":209315,"object_type":"law","relational_id":61577,"identifier":"36-105.01","token":"36\/6\/1\/36-105.01","url":"\/36-105.01\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/36-105.01\/","token":"36\/6\/1\/36-105.01","dublin_core":{"Title":"Elevator inspections by contract","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 36-105.01","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The inspection of elevators in existing <span class=\"dictionary\">buildings<\/span> and the enforcement of the <span class=\"dictionary\">Building Code<\/span> for elevators shall be in compliance with the regulations adopted by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span>. 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