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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 44 and 45 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 1974 \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 1981, chapter 21; in 2002, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?021+ful+CHAP0747\">747<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":72653,"section_number":"15.2-835","catch_line":"Department and board of social services","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-835\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":270707,"object_type":"law","relational_id":80482,"identifier":"63.2-200","token":"63.2\/I\/2\/1\/63.2-200","url":"\/63.2-200\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/63.2-200\/","token":"63.2\/I\/2\/1\/63.2-200","dublin_core":{"Title":"Department of Social Services created","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 63.2-200","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> of <span class=\"dictionary\">Social Services<\/span> is hereby created in the executive branch responsible to the Governor. 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