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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 330 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 1977 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 1986, chapter 480.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":267921,"object_type":"law","relational_id":82975,"identifier":"60.2-616","token":"60.2\/6\/4\/60.2-616","url":"\/60.2-616\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/60.2-616\/","token":"60.2\/6\/4\/60.2-616","dublin_core":{"Title":"Benefits based on services in connection with sports","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 60.2-616","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Benefits based on services, substantially all of which consist of participating in sports or athletic events or training or preparing to so participate, shall not be paid to any individual for any week of unemployment which commences during the period between two successive sport seasons, or similar periods, if such individual performed such services in the first of such seasons, or similar periods, and there is a reasonable assurance that such individual will perform such services in the later of such seasons, or similar periods.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nBENEFITS BASED ON SERVICES IN CONNECTION WITH SPORTS (\u00a7 60.2-616)\n\nBenefits based on services, substantially all of which consist of participating\nin sports or athletic events or training or preparing to so participate, shall\nnot be paid to any individual for any week of unemployment which commences\nduring the period between two successive sport seasons, or similar periods, if\nsuch individual performed such services in the first of such seasons, or similar\nperiods, and there is a reasonable assurance that such individual will perform\nsuch services in the later of such seasons, or similar periods.\n\nHISTORY: 1977, c. 330, \u00a7 60.1-52.4:1; 1986, c. 480.","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}}