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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 585 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 1987 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":217733,"object_type":"law","relational_id":55239,"identifier":"38.2-5106","token":"38.2\/51\/38.2-5106","url":"\/38.2-5106\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/38.2-5106\/","token":"38.2\/51\/38.2-5106","dublin_core":{"Title":"Purchasing groups; exemption from certain laws relating to the group purchase of insurance","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 38.2-5106","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Any <span class=\"dictionary\">purchasing group<\/span> meeting the criteria established under the provisions of the federal <span class=\"dictionary\">Liability<\/span> Risk Retention Act of 1986 shall be exempt from any <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span> of this Commonwealth relating to the creation of groups for the purchase of <span class=\"dictionary\">insurance<\/span>, prohibition of group purchasing, or any <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span> that would discriminate against a <span class=\"dictionary\">purchasing group<\/span> or its members. 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