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However, any expenditures made under \u00a7\u00a7 51.5-63, 51.5-66, and 51.5-72 through 51.5-76 shall not exceed the annual appropriation or the amount received by way of bequest or donation during any one year, and no part of the funds appropriated by the Commonwealth for the purposes of \u00a7\u00a7 51.5-63, 51.5-66, and 51.5-72 through 51.5-76 shall be used for solely charitable purposes.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":288961,"text":"The Department may (i) establish, equip and maintain rehabilitative manufacturing and service industries for the employment of suitable blind persons, (ii) pay its employees suitable wages and contribute five percent of the creditable compensation of those employees who elect to participate in a before-tax payroll deduction to a tax deferred retirement savings plan established under the United States Internal Revenue Code for nonprofit agencies, and (iii) devise means for the sale and distribution of the products thereof. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 8 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 1968, chapter 578; in 1980, chapter 4; in 1990, chapter 740; in 1996, chapters 711<\/a> and 731<\/a>; in 2002, chapter 747<\/a>; in 2004, chapter 13<\/a>; in 2014, chapter 572<\/a>; in 2018, chapter 184<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":70634,"section_number":"51.1-124.3","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/51.1-124.3\/"},{"id":80621,"section_number":"51.5-72","catch_line":"Establishment of rehabilitative manufacturing and service industries; expenditures","order_by":null,"url":"\/51.5-72\/"},{"id":69172,"section_number":"51.5-75","catch_line":"Use of earnings of rehabilitative manufacturing and service industries; record of receipts and expenditures","order_by":null,"url":"\/51.5-75\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":86943,"section_number":"51.5-63","catch_line":"Board to administer institutional fund","order_by":null,"url":"\/51.5-63\/"},{"id":86730,"section_number":"51.5-66","catch_line":"Authority to receive grants-in-aid and gifts","order_by":null,"url":"\/51.5-66\/"},{"id":80621,"section_number":"51.5-72","catch_line":"Establishment of rehabilitative manufacturing and service industries; expenditures","order_by":null,"url":"\/51.5-72\/"},{"id":84994,"section_number":"51.5-76","catch_line":"Cooperation with other state agencies","order_by":null,"url":"\/51.5-76\/"}],"permalink":{"id":236493,"object_type":"law","relational_id":80621,"identifier":"51.5-72","token":"51.5\/12\/3\/51.5-72","url":"\/51.5-72\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/51.5-72\/","token":"51.5\/12\/3\/51.5-72","dublin_core":{"Title":"Establishment of rehabilitative manufacturing and service industries; expenditures","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 51.5-72","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Department<\/span> may (i) establish, equip and maintain rehabilitative manufacturing and service industries for the employment of suitable blind persons<\/span>, (ii) pay its employees suitable wages and contribute five percent of the creditable compensation of those employees who elect to participate in a before-tax payroll deduction to a tax deferred retirement savings plan established under the United States Internal Revenue Code for nonprofit agencies, and (iii) devise means for the sale and distribution of the products thereof. However, any expenditures made under \u00a7\u00a7 51.5-63<\/a>, 51.5-66<\/a>, and 51.5-72<\/a> through 51.5-76<\/a> shall not exceed the annual appropriation or the amount received by way of bequest or donation during any one year, and no part of the funds appropriated by the Commonwealth for the purposes of \u00a7\u00a7 51.5-63<\/a>, 51.5-66<\/a>, and 51.5-72<\/a> through 51.5-76<\/a> shall be used for solely charitable purposes.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nESTABLISHMENT OF REHABILITATIVE MANUFACTURING AND SERVICE INDUSTRIES;\nEXPENDITURES (\u00a7 51.5-72)\n\nThe Department may (i) establish, equip and maintain rehabilitative\nmanufacturing and service industries for the employment of suitable blind\npersons, (ii) pay its employees suitable wages and contribute five percent of\nthe creditable compensation of those employees who elect to participate in a\nbefore-tax payroll deduction to a tax deferred retirement savings plan\nestablished under the United States Internal Revenue Code for nonprofit\nagencies, and (iii) devise means for the sale and distribution of the products\nthereof. However, any expenditures made under \u00a7\u00a7 51.5-63, 51.5-66, and 51.5-72\nthrough 51.5-76 shall not exceed the annual appropriation or the amount received\nby way of bequest or donation during any one year, and no part of the funds\nappropriated by the Commonwealth for the purposes of \u00a7\u00a7 51.5-63, 51.5-66, and\n51.5-72 through 51.5-76 shall be used for solely charitable purposes.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 63-167; 1968, c. 578, \u00a7 63.1-73; 1980, c. 4; 1990, c.\n740; 1996, cc. 711, 731; 2002, c. 747; 2004, c. 13; 2014, c. 572; 2018, c. 184.","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}}