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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\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 1968, chapter 578; in 1972, chapter 824; in 1989, chapter 314; in 2002, chapter 747<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":236551,"object_type":"law","relational_id":62907,"identifier":"51.5-84","token":"51.5\/12\/4\/51.5-84","url":"\/51.5-84\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/51.5-84\/","token":"51.5\/12\/4\/51.5-84","dublin_core":{"Title":"Licensure of blind adult residents as operators","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 51.5-84","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Department<\/span> shall be the agency to license blind persons<\/span> who are residents of the Commonwealth and who are at least eighteen years of age for the operation of vending stands<\/span> and other business enterprises<\/span>.\n\t\tIn licensing operators, the Department<\/span> shall give preference to those blind persons<\/span> who are in need of employment. Persons licensed shall be qualified to operate such vending stands<\/span> and other business enterprises<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLICENSURE OF BLIND ADULT RESIDENTS AS OPERATORS (\u00a7 51.5-84)\n\nThe Department shall be the agency to license blind persons who are residents of\nthe Commonwealth and who are at least eighteen years of age for the operation of\nvending stands and other business enterprises.\n\t\tIn licensing operators, the Department shall give preference to those blind\npersons who are in need of employment. Persons licensed shall be qualified to\noperate such vending stands and other business enterprises.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7\u00a7 63-204.8, 63-204.11; 1968, c. 578, \u00a7\u00a7 63.1-149,\n63.1-152; 1972, c. 824; 1989, c. 314; 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}}