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The Department of Health shall determine the number of child restraint devices that can be purchased by the program, based upon the amount of funds in the Child Restraint Device Special Fund, provided, however, that the requirements of the Virginia Public Procurement Act (\u00a7 2.2-4300 et seq.) shall not apply to child restraint device purchases by the Department of Health pursuant to this section. The Child Restraint Device Special Fund shall consist of all civil penalties that are collected pursuant to \u00a7 46.2-1098 and other funds that may be appropriated for that purpose.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":256797,"text":"The Department of Health shall operate a program to promote, purchase, and distribute child restraint devices to applicants who need a child restraint device but are unable to acquire one because of financial inability. A special fund, known as the Child Restraint Device Special Fund, shall fund the program. The Department of Health shall determine the number of child restraint devices that can be purchased by the program, based upon the amount of funds in the Child Restraint Device Special Fund, provided, however, that the requirements of the Virginia Public Procurement Act (\u00a7 2.2-4300 et seq.) shall not apply to child restraint device purchases by the Department of Health pursuant to this section. 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This law was first created in 1982. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 634 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 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 1984, chapter 778; in 1986, chapter 283; in 1989, chapter 727; in 1996, chapter 145<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":72767,"section_number":"2.2-4345","catch_line":"Exemptions from competitive sealed bidding and competitive negotiation for certain transactions; limitations","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-4345\/"},{"id":65037,"section_number":"46.2-1098","catch_line":"Penalties; violations not negligence per se","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1098\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":70034,"section_number":"2.2-4300","catch_line":"Short title; purpose; declaration of intent","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-4300\/"},{"id":65037,"section_number":"46.2-1098","catch_line":"Penalties; violations not negligence per se","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1098\/"}],"permalink":{"id":228787,"object_type":"law","relational_id":71250,"identifier":"46.2-1097","token":"46.2\/III\/10\/13\/46.2-1097","url":"\/46.2-1097\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-1097\/","token":"46.2\/III\/10\/13\/46.2-1097","dublin_core":{"Title":"Child restraint devices; special fund created","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-1097","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Department<\/span> of Health shall operate a program to promote, purchase, and distribute child restraint devices to applicants who need a child restraint device but are unable to acquire one because of financial inability. A special fund, known as the Child Restraint Device Special Fund, shall fund the program. The Department<\/span> of Health shall determine the number of child restraint devices that can be purchased by the program, based upon the amount of funds in the Child Restraint Device Special Fund, provided, however, that the requirements of the Virginia Public Procurement Act (\u00a7 2.2-4300<\/a> et seq.) shall not apply to child restraint device purchases by the Department<\/span> of Health pursuant to this section. The Child Restraint Device Special Fund shall consist of all civil penalties that are collected pursuant to \u00a7 46.2-1098<\/a> and other funds that may be appropriated for that purpose.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCHILD RESTRAINT DEVICES; SPECIAL FUND CREATED (\u00a7 46.2-1097)\n\nThe Department of Health shall operate a program to promote, purchase, and\ndistribute child restraint devices to applicants who need a child restraint\ndevice but are unable to acquire one because of financial inability. A special\nfund, known as the Child Restraint Device Special Fund, shall fund the program.\nThe Department of Health shall determine the number of child restraint devices\nthat can be purchased by the program, based upon the amount of funds in the\nChild Restraint Device Special Fund, provided, however, that the requirements of\nthe Virginia Public Procurement Act (\u00a7 2.2-4300 et seq.) shall not apply to\nchild restraint device purchases by the Department of Health pursuant to this\nsection. The Child Restraint Device Special Fund shall consist of all civil\npenalties that are collected pursuant to \u00a7 46.2-1098 and other funds that may\nbe appropriated for that purpose.\n\nHISTORY: 1982, c. 634, \u00a7 46.1-314.4; 1984, c. 778; 1986, c. 283; 1989, c. 727;\n1996, c. 145.","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}}