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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 1968, chapter 578; in 2002, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?021+ful+CHAP0747\">747<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":236527,"object_type":"law","relational_id":68628,"identifier":"51.5-78","token":"51.5\/12\/4\/51.5-78","url":"\/51.5-78\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/51.5-78\/","token":"51.5\/12\/4\/51.5-78","dublin_core":{"Title":"Operation by Department","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 51.5-78","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> is hereby authorized to operate <span class=\"dictionary\">vending stands<\/span> and other <span class=\"dictionary\">business enterprises<\/span> in public and private buildings for the purpose of providing <span class=\"dictionary\">blind persons<\/span> with employment, enlarging the economic opportunities of the blind, and stimulating the blind to make themselves self-supporting.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nOPERATION BY DEPARTMENT (\u00a7 51.5-78)\n\nThe Department is hereby authorized to operate vending stands and other business\nenterprises in public and private buildings for the purpose of providing blind\npersons with employment, enlarging the economic opportunities of the blind, and\nstimulating the blind to make themselves self-supporting.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 63-204.2; 1968, c. 578, \u00a7 63.1-143; 2002, c. 747.","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}}