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This law was first created in 1987. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 492 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. 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 2011, chapters 594<\/a> and 681<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":222459,"object_type":"law","relational_id":72229,"identifier":"44-146.38","token":"44\/3.5\/44-146.38","url":"\/44-146.38\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/44-146.38\/","token":"44\/3.5\/44-146.38","dublin_core":{"Title":"Political subdivisions to appoint hazardous materials coordinator","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 44-146.38","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Each political subdivision shall appoint a hazardous materials<\/span> coordinator. In appointing the hazardous materials<\/span> coordinator, political subdivisions shall consider the requisite qualifications for hazardous materials<\/span> coordinators as established by the Coordinator. The hazardous materials<\/span> coordinator shall coordinate the hazardous materials<\/span> emergency response program within the political subdivision.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPOLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS TO APPOINT HAZARDOUS MATERIALS COORDINATOR (\u00a7 44-146.38)\n\nEach political subdivision shall appoint a hazardous materials coordinator. In\nappointing the hazardous materials coordinator, political subdivisions shall\nconsider the requisite qualifications for hazardous materials coordinators as\nestablished by the Coordinator. The hazardous materials coordinator shall\ncoordinate the hazardous materials emergency response program within the\npolitical subdivision.\n\nHISTORY: 1987, c. 492; 2011, cc. 594, 681.","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}}