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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 942 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 1993 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":78167,"section_number":"36-97","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/36-97\/"},{"id":54943,"section_number":"54.1-1114","catch_line":"Filing and hearing of charges","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-1114\/"}],"permalink":{"id":239515,"object_type":"law","relational_id":77075,"identifier":"54.1-1115.1","token":"54.1\/II\/11\/1\/54.1-1115.1","url":"\/54.1-1115.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-1115.1\/","token":"54.1\/II\/11\/1\/54.1-1115.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Evidence of violation of the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-1115.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>In any proceeding pursuant to \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Filing and hearing of charges\" href=\"\/54.1-1114\/\">54.1-1114<\/a>, the <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span> shall consider any written documentation of a violation of the Uniform Statewide Building Code (\u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Definitions\" href=\"\/36-97\/\">36-97<\/a> et seq.) provided by a local building official as <span class=\"dictionary\">evidence<\/span> of a violation of such building code. 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