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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?131+ful+CHAP0160\">160<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?131+ful+CHAP0733\">733<\/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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":61326,"section_number":"18.2-374.1","catch_line":"Production, publication, sale, financing, etc., of child pornography; presumption as to age","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-374.1\/"},{"id":81123,"section_number":"54.1-700","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-700\/"}],"permalink":{"id":271285,"object_type":"law","relational_id":63247,"identifier":"63.2-621","token":"63.2\/II\/6\/63.2-621","url":"\/63.2-621\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/63.2-621\/","token":"63.2\/II\/6\/63.2-621","dublin_core":{"Title":"Restrictions on use of TANF cash assistance","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 63.2-621","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Recipients of <span class=\"dictionary\">TANF<\/span> benefits pursuant to this chapter shall not access <span class=\"dictionary\">TANF<\/span> cash benefits through an electronic benefit transaction (i) for the purchase of alcoholic beverages, tobacco products, lottery tickets, or sexually explicit visual <span class=\"dictionary\">materials<\/span> as defined in \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Production, publication, sale, financing, etc., of child pornography; presumption as to age\" href=\"\/18.2-374.1\/\">18.2-374.1<\/a>; (ii) in any transaction in any (a) government store established for the sale of alcoholic beverages, (b) establishment in which pari-mutuel wagering or charitable gaming is conducted, or (c) establishment in which tattooing or body-piercing, as defined in \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Definitions\" href=\"\/54.1-700\/\">54.1-700<\/a>, is performed for hire or consideration; or (iii) in any establishment that provides adult-oriented entertainment in which performers or other individuals connected with the business appear nude or partially nude.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nRESTRICTIONS ON USE OF TANF CASH ASSISTANCE (\u00a7 63.2-621)\n\nRecipients of TANF benefits pursuant to this chapter shall not access TANF cash\nbenefits through an electronic benefit transaction (i) for the purchase of\nalcoholic beverages, tobacco products, lottery tickets, or sexually explicit\nvisual materials as defined in \u00a7 18.2-374.1; (ii) in any transaction in any (a)\ngovernment store established for the sale of alcoholic beverages, (b)\nestablishment in which pari-mutuel wagering or charitable gaming is conducted,\nor (c) establishment in which tattooing or body-piercing, as defined in \u00a7\n54.1-700, is performed for hire or consideration; or (iii) in any establishment\nthat provides adult-oriented entertainment in which performers or other\nindividuals connected with the business appear nude or partially nude.\n\nHISTORY: 2013, cc. 160, 733.","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}}