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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 604 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 1960 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 6 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 1962, chapter 43; in 1966, chapter 174; in 1974, chapter 353; in 1975, chapter 597; in 1980, chapter 595; in 1990, chapter 832.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":236115,"object_type":"law","relational_id":60994,"identifier":"51.1-507","token":"51.1\/5\/51.1-507","url":"\/51.1-507\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/51.1-507\/","token":"51.1\/5\/51.1-507","dublin_core":{"Title":"Notice of desire not to be insured","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 51.1-507","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Any policy of insurance purchased under the authority of this chapter shall provide that all eligible employees shall be automatically insured. 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Any employee\nwho notified his employer that he desired not to be insured, or any employee of\na political subdivision who notified his employer prior to the effective date of\ncoverage that he desired not to be insured, may thereafter become insured only\nupon presentation at his own expense of evidence of insurability satisfactory to\nthe insuring company.\n\nHISTORY: 1960, c. 604, \u00a7 51-111.67:6; 1962, c. 43; 1966, c. 174; 1974, c. 353;\n1975, c. 597; 1980, c. 595; 1990, c. 832.","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}}