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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 734 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 1968 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 4 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 1974, chapter 312; in 1979, chapter 302; in 1982, chapter 117; in 2012, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?121+ful+CHAP0803\">803<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?121+ful+CHAP0835\">835<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":59227,"section_number":"2.2-4018","catch_line":"Exemptions from operation of Article 3","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-4018\/"}],"permalink":{"id":224515,"object_type":"law","relational_id":66111,"identifier":"45.2-1226","token":"45.2\/III\/A\/12\/2\/45.2-1226","url":"\/45.2-1226\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/45.2-1226\/","token":"45.2\/III\/A\/12\/2\/45.2-1226","dublin_core":{"Title":" Appeals from decisions of the Department","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 45.2-1226","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>An appeal from any <span class=\"dictionary\">order<\/span> of the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> shall be conducted in accordance with Article 3 (\u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Exemptions from operation of Article 3\" href=\"\/2.2-4018\/\">2.2-4018<\/a> et seq.) of the Administrative Process Act. 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