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This law was first created in 1978. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 143 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 1978 \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 1980, chapter 4; in 1998, chapter 112<\/a>; in 2000, chapter 498<\/a>; in 2002, chapter 747<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":236501,"object_type":"law","relational_id":85591,"identifier":"51.5-73","token":"51.5\/12\/3\/51.5-73","url":"\/51.5-73\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/51.5-73\/","token":"51.5\/12\/3\/51.5-73","dublin_core":{"Title":"Rehabilitation Center for the Blind and Vision Impaired; operation and maintenance","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 51.5-73","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

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