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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 228 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 1968 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. 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 1970, chapter 224; in 1991, chapter 189.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":237147,"object_type":"law","relational_id":54720,"identifier":"52-11.2","token":"52\/1\/52-11.2","url":"\/52-11.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/52-11.2\/","token":"52\/1\/52-11.2","dublin_core":{"Title":"Services of State Police in areas of counties that have merged, consolidated or been annexed into cities","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 52-11.2","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>When a county or city merges or consolidates into a city, or when a combination of counties and cities merge into a city, or when any county and all of the incorporated towns located entirely therein merge, consolidate or be annexed or when any county or part thereof be annexed into a city or cities, the governing body of any such city may thereafter request of the Superintendent of State Police, and upon such request he shall grant, the services of the Department of State Police in those areas of the counties which were merged, or consolidated or annexed into such city or cities for a period of ten years after the effective date of such merger, <span class=\"dictionary\">consolidation<\/span> or annexation which were not previously incorporated.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSERVICES OF STATE POLICE IN AREAS OF COUNTIES THAT HAVE MERGED, CONSOLIDATED OR\nBEEN ANNEXED INTO CITIES (\u00a7 52-11.2)\n\nWhen a county or city merges or consolidates into a city, or when a combination\nof counties and cities merge into a city, or when any county and all of the\nincorporated towns located entirely therein merge, consolidate or be annexed or\nwhen any county or part thereof be annexed into a city or cities, the governing\nbody of any such city may thereafter request of the Superintendent of State\nPolice, and upon such request he shall grant, the services of the Department of\nState Police in those areas of the counties which were merged, or consolidated\nor annexed into such city or cities for a period of ten years after the\neffective date of such merger, consolidation or annexation which were not\npreviously incorporated.\n\nHISTORY: 1968, c. 228; 1970, c. 224; 1971, Ex. 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