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It has been modified 3 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 1968, chapter 578; in 1981, chapter 21; in 2002, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?021+ful+CHAP0747\">747<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":270715,"object_type":"law","relational_id":81419,"identifier":"63.2-202","token":"63.2\/I\/2\/1\/63.2-202","url":"\/63.2-202\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/63.2-202\/","token":"63.2\/I\/2\/1\/63.2-202","dublin_core":{"Title":"Term of office; vacancies","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 63.2-202","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner<\/span> shall hold office at the pleasure of the Governor for a term coincident with that of each Governor making the appointment, or until his successor is appointed and qualified. 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