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This law was first created in 1968. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 166 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 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 1989, chapter 727.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":226215,"object_type":"law","relational_id":85103,"identifier":"46.2-486","token":"46.2\/II\/3\/18\/46.2-486","url":"\/46.2-486\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-486\/","token":"46.2\/II\/3\/18\/46.2-486","dublin_core":{"Title":"Governor to be “executive head” within meaning of compact","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-486","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

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