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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?011+ful+CHAP0596\">596<\/a> 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. It has been modified 2 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 2011, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?111+ful+CHAP0881\">881<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?111+ful+CHAP0889\">889<\/a>; in 2017, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0790\">790<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0815\">815<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":232583,"object_type":"law","relational_id":75174,"identifier":"46.2-2118","token":"46.2\/V\/21\/1\/46.2-2118","url":"\/46.2-2118\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-2118\/","token":"46.2\/V\/21\/1\/46.2-2118","dublin_core":{"Title":"Issuance, expiration, and renewal of permit and certificate","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-2118","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>All <span class=\"dictionary\">permits<\/span> and certificates of fitness issued under this chapter shall be issued for a period of 12 consecutive months except, at the discretion of the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span>, the periods may be adjusted as necessary. 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