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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 632 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 1981 \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 1984, chapter 720; in 2001, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?011+ful+CHAP0844\">844<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":65104,"section_number":"15.2-1123.1","catch_line":"Lynchburg Regional Airport police department","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-1123.1\/"},{"id":72961,"section_number":"19.2-13","catch_line":"Special conservators of the peace; authority; jurisdiction; registration; liability of employers; penalty; report","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-13\/"},{"id":78479,"section_number":"23.1-810","catch_line":"Authorization for campus police departments in private institutions of higher education","order_by":null,"url":"\/23.1-810\/"},{"id":69894,"section_number":"23.1-813","catch_line":"Officers and members to comply with requirements of Department of Criminal Justice Services","order_by":null,"url":"\/23.1-813\/"},{"id":56919,"section_number":"54.1-2523","catch_line":"Confidentiality of data; disclosure of information; discretionary authority of Director","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-2523\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":284493,"object_type":"law","relational_id":80750,"identifier":"9.1-100","token":"9.1\/1\/1\/9.1-100","url":"\/9.1-100\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/9.1-100\/","token":"9.1\/1\/1\/9.1-100","dublin_core":{"Title":"Department of Criminal Justice Services","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 9.1-100","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> There is created a <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> of Criminal Justice Services (the &#8220;<span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span>&#8221;) that shall be headed by a Director appointed by the Governor, subject to confirmation by the General Assembly. 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