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It has been modified 16 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 1952, chapters 30 and 184; in 1956, chapter 440; in 1962, chapter 71; in 1968, chapter 738; in 1972, chapter 824; in 1974, chapters 466 and 660; in 1976, chapter 304; in 1977, chapter 330; in 1979, chapter 637; in 1980, chapters 520 and 522; in 1981, chapters 28, 369, 374, and 375; in 1982, chapter 25; in 1983, chapter 14; in 1984, chapters 120, 139, and 204; in 1985, chapters 152 and 254; in 1986, chapter 480.<\/p>","references":[{"id":76078,"section_number":"60.2-210","catch_line":"Employer","order_by":null,"url":"\/60.2-210\/"},{"id":58178,"section_number":"60.2-219","catch_line":"Services not included in term \"employment.\"","order_by":null,"url":"\/60.2-219\/"},{"id":72820,"section_number":"60.2-509","catch_line":"Termination of coverage","order_by":null,"url":"\/60.2-509\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":267473,"object_type":"law","relational_id":61881,"identifier":"60.2-215","token":"60.2\/2\/60.2-215","url":"\/60.2-215\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/60.2-215\/","token":"60.2\/2\/60.2-215","dublin_core":{"Title":"Domestic employment","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 60.2-215","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>&#8220;Employment&#8221; includes domestic service performed by an individual in a private home, local college club or local chapter of a college fraternity or sorority for a person who paid wages of $1,000 or more to individuals employed in such domestic service in any calendar quarter in the current calendar year or the preceding calendar year. 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