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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?951+ful+CHAP0693\">693<\/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 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 1997, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?971+ful+CHAP0587\">587<\/a>; in 1998, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?981+ful+CHAP0680\">680<\/a>; in 2005, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?051+ful+CHAP0716\">716<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":80506,"section_number":"37.2-613","catch_line":"Proceedings for dissolution","order_by":null,"url":"\/37.2-613\/"}],"permalink":{"id":210145,"object_type":"law","relational_id":81116,"identifier":"37.2-614","token":"37.2\/II\/6\/37.2-614","url":"\/37.2-614\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/37.2-614\/","token":"37.2\/II\/6\/37.2-614","dublin_core":{"Title":"When powers and duties cease to exist","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 37.2-614","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>If the <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> shall enter an <span class=\"dictionary\">order<\/span>, as provided in \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Proceedings for dissolution\" href=\"\/37.2-613\/\">37.2-613<\/a>, that the need for a <span class=\"dictionary\">behavioral health authority<\/span> no longer exists, then, except for the winding up of its affairs in accordance with the plan approved by the <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span>, the authority&#8217;s authorities, powers, and duties to transact business or to function shall cease to exist as of that date set forth in the <span class=\"dictionary\">order<\/span> of the <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nWHEN POWERS AND DUTIES CEASE TO EXIST (\u00a7 37.2-614)\n\nIf the court shall enter an order, as provided in \u00a7 37.2-613, that the need for\na behavioral health authority no longer exists, then, except for the winding up\nof its affairs in accordance with the plan approved by the court, the\nauthority&#8217;s authorities, powers, and duties to transact business or to\nfunction shall cease to exist as of that date set forth in the order of the\ncourt.\n\nHISTORY: 1995, c. 693, \u00a7 15.1-1687; 1997, c. 587, \u00a7 37.1-253; 1998, c. 680;\n2005, c. 716.","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}}