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It has been modified 6 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 1962, chapter 621; in 1968, chapters 578 and 781; in 1972, chapter 718; in 1975, chapter 524; in 1997, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?971+ful+CHAP0412\">412<\/a>; in 2002, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?021+ful+CHAP0747\">747<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":86044,"section_number":"63.2-605","catch_line":"Eligibility for TANF; parolees and probationers who fail drug tests","order_by":null,"url":"\/63.2-605\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":271147,"object_type":"law","relational_id":58129,"identifier":"63.2-518","token":"63.2\/II\/5\/63.2-518","url":"\/63.2-518\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/63.2-518\/","token":"63.2\/II\/5\/63.2-518","dublin_core":{"Title":"Action by Commissioner on appeal","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 63.2-518","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner<\/span> shall provide an opportunity for a <span class=\"dictionary\">hearing<\/span>, reasonable notice of which shall be given in writing to the applicant or recipient and to the proper <span class=\"dictionary\">local board<\/span> in such manner and form as the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner<\/span> may prescribe. 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