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This law was first created in 1986. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 429 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 1986 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 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 1988, chapter 199; in 2002, chapter 555<\/a>; in 2003, chapter 650<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":68330,"section_number":"27-97","catch_line":"Adoption of Fire Prevention Code","order_by":null,"url":"\/27-97\/"}],"permalink":{"id":209513,"object_type":"law","relational_id":72531,"identifier":"36-119.1","token":"36\/6\/2\/36-119.1","url":"\/36-119.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/36-119.1\/","token":"36\/6\/2\/36-119.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Existing buildings","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 36-119.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

This chapter shall not supersede provisions of the Fire Prevention Code promulgated by the Board<\/span> under \u00a7 27-97<\/a>, that prescribe standards to be complied with in existing buildings<\/span> or structures<\/span>, provided that such regulations shall not impose requirements that are more restrictive than those of the Uniform Statewide Building Code<\/span> under which the buildings<\/span> or structures<\/span> were constructed. Subsequent alteration, enlargement, rehabilitation, repair, or conversion of the occupancy classification of such buildings<\/span> and structures<\/span> shall be subject to the construction<\/span> and rehabilitation provisions of the Building Code<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEXISTING BUILDINGS (\u00a7 36-119.1)\n\nThis chapter shall not supersede provisions of the Fire Prevention Code\npromulgated by the Board under \u00a7 27-97, that prescribe standards to be complied\nwith in existing buildings or structures, provided that such regulations shall\nnot impose requirements that are more restrictive than those of the Uniform\nStatewide Building Code under which the buildings or structures were\nconstructed. Subsequent alteration, enlargement, rehabilitation, repair, or\nconversion of the occupancy classification of such buildings and structures\nshall be subject to the construction and rehabilitation provisions of the\nBuilding Code.\n\nHISTORY: 1986, c. 429; 1988, c. 199; 2002, c. 555; 2003, c. 650.","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}}