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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 347 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 1982 \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 1990, chapter 92.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":58734,"section_number":"45.2-1629","catch_line":" Duties, responsibilities, and authority of the Director","order_by":null,"url":"\/45.2-1629\/"}],"permalink":{"id":224785,"object_type":"law","relational_id":85821,"identifier":"45.2-1626","token":"45.2\/IV\/16\/2\/45.2-1626","url":"\/45.2-1626\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/45.2-1626\/","token":"45.2\/IV\/16\/2\/45.2-1626","dublin_core":{"Title":" Enforcement","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 45.2-1626","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The <span class=\"dictionary\">Director<\/span> shall enforce the provisions of this article pursuant to the provisions of Article 3 (\u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\" Duties, responsibilities, and authority of the Director\" href=\"\/45.2-1629\/\">45.2-1629<\/a> et seq.). In addition, if any person violates or threatens to violate any provision of this article, regulation adopted thereunder, or <span class=\"dictionary\">order<\/span> of the <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span>, the <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span> may maintain suit to restrain any such violation or threatened violation.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\n ENFORCEMENT (\u00a7 45.2-1626)\n\nThe Director shall enforce the provisions of this article pursuant to the\nprovisions of Article 3 (\u00a7 45.2-1629 et seq.). In addition, if any person\nviolates or threatens to violate any provision of this article, regulation\nadopted thereunder, or order of the Board, the Board may maintain suit to\nrestrain any such violation or threatened violation.\n\nHISTORY: 1982, c. 347, \u00a7 45.1-306; 1990, c. 92, \u00a7 45.1-361.24; 2021, Sp. Sess.\nI, c. 387.","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}}