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This law was first created in 2002. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 657<\/a> and 843<\/a> 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. 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 2003, chapter 885<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":270331,"object_type":"law","relational_id":63081,"identifier":"62.1-69.37","token":"62.1\/5.5\/62.1-69.37","url":"\/62.1-69.37\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/62.1-69.37\/","token":"62.1\/5.5\/62.1-69.37","dublin_core":{"Title":"Roanoke River Basin Bi-State Commission established; purpose","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 62.1-69.37","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

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