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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 179 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 1984 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 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 1989, chapter 733; in 2018, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?181+ful+CHAP0041\">41<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?181+ful+CHAP0081\">81<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":209415,"object_type":"law","relational_id":72903,"identifier":"36-99.4","token":"36\/6\/1\/36-99.4","url":"\/36-99.4\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/36-99.4\/","token":"36\/6\/1\/36-99.4","dublin_core":{"Title":"Smoke alarms in certain juvenile care facilities","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 36-99.4","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p><span class=\"dictionary\">Battery<\/span> operated or AC powered smoke alarm devices shall be installed in all local and regional detention homes, group homes, and other residential care facilities for children or juveniles that are operated by or under the auspices of the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> of Juvenile Justice, regardless of when the building was constructed, in accordance with the provisions of the <span class=\"dictionary\">Building Code<\/span>. 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