Amendments

1954
An Act to amend and reenact § 19-202 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the commitment before trial of certain persons when question of sanity is raised.
An Act to amend and reenact § 15-686 of the Code of Virginia, relating to courthouses, clerks’ offices and jails.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto in Title 18 thereof a new chapter numbered 4.1 containing § 18-39.1, relating to reorganization of certain corporations, so as to provide a manner in which a plan of reorganization may be effected; to provide for amendments to charters and by-laws of such corporations; to provide for filing and recordation of certain certificates; to limit the time within which such chapter shall be applicable; and to provide for payment of certain fees.
An Act to amend and reenact § 4 of Chapter 716 of the Acts of Assembly of 1952, approved April 8, 1952, the section relating to funds for local public school construction.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 3 as amended, 3-a and 4 as amended of Chapter 160 of the Acts of Assembly of 1946, approved March 11, 1946, which was continued in effect by § 15-574 of the Code of Virginia, relating to police departments and police forces in certain counties.
An Act to amend and reenact § 10-8 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the Board of Conservation and Development.
An Act to amend and reenact § 8-750,as amended, of the Code of Virginta, relating to payment of certain funds to infants or adults through the court without the intervention of an administrator, guardian or committee.
An Act to amend and reenact § 16-70, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to attachments.
An Act to amend and reenact § 8-798 of the Code of Virginia, relating to verdict and judgment, and damages, in actions of unlawful entry or detainer.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 22-107.8, authorizing the school boards of counties to contract to borrow money from the Virginia Supplemental Retirement System, and successors thereto, for the purpose of school construction, without a vote of the people on such borrowing, and to amend and reenact § 51-111.24 of the Code of Virginia which was enacted by the General Assembly of 1952 as § 51-29.16, authorizing the Board of Trustees of the Virginia Supplemental Retirement System to invest trust funds of such System in evidences of debt of the school boards of the several counties.
An Act to amend and reenact § 4-2, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to alcoholic beverages.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 2 of Title 17 a new article numbered 3.1 consisting of §§ 17-88.2, 17-88.8 and 17-88.4, so as to provide for the recordation of certain material and the subsequent incorporation thereof by reference.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 3, 7, 9 and 30 of Chapter 130 of the Acts of Assembly of 1884, approved February 19, 1884, amended and reenacted by Chapter 52 of the Acts of Assembly of 1888, approved January 30, 1888, which chapter provided a charter for the town of South Boston, so as to provide for the election of a mayor and councilmen and for the filling of vacancies; to provide for the removal or suspension of town officers; to define the powers of the mayor and provide for the appointment of a vice-mayor, a police justice and substitute police justice and defining their powers; to provide for the collection of a tax upon admissions to theatres and amusements, and a tax upon accounts for public utility services; and to amend the said chapter by adding thereto one section numbered 82, to provide for the election of a town manager and to prescribe the duties of said manager.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 58-895.1, relating to the appointment of local boards of equalization in cities of the first class incorporated since January 1, 1958
An Act to amend and reenact § 88.1-397 of the Code of Virginia, relating to loans on policies of life insurance.
An Act to amend and reenact § 2-244, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to the custody and distribution of reports of the Supreme Court of Appeals so as to provide an additional copy of such reports for the Attorney General and for the State Corporation Commission.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto sections numbered 15-16.4, 21-134.1 and 21-184.2, authorizing certain advances by counties to sanitary districts, the reimbursement thereof, and the expenditure of certain sanitary district funds, and validating certain such expenditures.
An Act to amend and reenact § 65-92 of the Code of Virginia to provide for hearing and award by Commission under the Workmen’s Compensation Act.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 18-214.1, relating to the unlawful use of or injury to television signals and equipment, and prescribing punishment therefor.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 68-348 as amended, 63-348.1, 63-349, 63-351, 63-852, 68-858, 68-855 as amended, 63-858, and 63-361 of the Code of Virginia, and to repeal § 638-862, all relating to adoptions.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 58-78 and 58-81, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating. respectively, to the definition of gross income and to deductions allowed taxpayers reporting income.
An Act to amend and reenact § 4, as amended, of Chapter 809 of the Acts of Assembly of 1920, approved March 19, 1920, which provided anareet for the city of Bristol, the section relating to the powers of the city.
An Act to amend Chapter 184 of the Acts of Assembly of 1984, approved March 27, 1984, as amended, which provided for the management, control, maintenance and operation of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, by adding a new section numbered 1-b conveying certain rights to the Museum.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 22-7, 22-38, 22-43 as amended, 22-48.1, 22-62, 22-98, 22-122, 22-204, 22-218, 22-223, and 22-258.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the public schools.
An Act to amend and reenact § 24-107 of the Code of Virginia, relating to notice of names of persons to be purged from registration books.
An Act to amend and reenact § 1 of Chapter 65 of the Acts of Assembly of 1944, approved February 26, 1944, which section permitted election of assessors for assessment and equalization of assessment in certain cities, and which Chapter was continued in effect by § 58-769 of the Code of Virginia.
An Act to amend and reenact § 46-255 of the Code of Virginia, relating to vehicles stopping or yielding right of way before entering Highway System.
An Act to amend and reenact § 18-224 of the Code of Virginia, relating to certain unlawful acts as to certain property, monuments or boundary markers and providing penalties for violations.
An Act to amend and reenact § 38.1-44 of the Code of Virginia, relating to expense of administration of insurance laws.
An Act to amend and reenact § 16-172.71, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to how probation service provided under the Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court Law.
An Act to amend and reenact § 15-487 as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to residence requirements of certain city and town officers.
An Act to continue the Commission on the Woodrow Wilson Centennial Celebration and define its powers and duties.
An Act to amend and reenact § 15-791 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the recordation of subdivision plats.
An Act to amend and reenact § 15-688 of the Code of Virginia, relating to land owned by counties.
An Act to amend and reenact § 58-1141, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to the limitation in time for applying for relief of erroneous assessments of local levies generally.
An Act to amend and reenact § 46-81, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to branch offices of the Division of Motor Vehicles.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 8-510 and 8-511 of the Code of Virginia, relating, respectively, to when an account is to be filed with the plaintiff's declaration, and when judgment is to be given in assumpsit unless defendant files an affidavit denying a claim, and to repeal §§ 8-846, 8-720, and 8-721 of the Code of Virginia, relating, respectively, to the cases in which inquiry of damages is unnecessary, the cases in which an account shall be filed, and the effect of filing an affidavit when a contract is sued on.
An Act to amend and reenact § 19-248 of the Code of Virginia, relating to mileage and per diem to certain witnesses.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding sections numbered 6-174.1, 6-175.1 and 6-189.1, relating to guarantee or contingent reserve shares of building and loan associations.
An Act to amend and reenact § 15-527 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the appointment of county surveyors and to repeal § 15-526 thereof.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 51-182, 51-184, 51-185, 51-186, 51-139, 51-140 and 51-141, of the Code of Virginia, relating to service and disability retirement allowances of members of the State police and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding sections numbered 51-186.1 and 51-186.2, providing certain death benefits for survivors of members of the State police and how membership ceases.
An Act to amend and reenact § 53-195 of the Code of Virginia, relating to county and city farms and persons who may be confined thereon.
An Act to amend and reenact § 65-9 of the Code of Virginia, relating to appointment of the Industrial Commission, so as to require such appointments to be made by the General Assembly.
An Act to amend and reenact § 14-183 of the Code of Virginia, relating to fees of trial justices and clerks in civil cases.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 3 and 12a, as amended, of Chapter 161 of the Acts of Assembly of 1926, approved March 17, 1926 which was continued in effect by § 21-120 of the Code of Virginia, relating to sanitary districts in certain counties and to further amend said Chapter by adding thereto new sections numbered 3b, 3c, 12 b-1, 12 b-2, and 12 b-8 so as to permit sewerage systems of such districts to be transferred to the county under certain circumstances, to permit the governing body of such sanitary districts to construct, acquire and operate systems of streets, roads, curbs and gutters and storm drains, to permit the formation of a “local district” within the “small district” and to define the powers and duties of the governing body in connection therewith, to provide for the dissolution of such sanitary districts, “small districts” and “local districts’ and to validate previous actions of such governing bodies with respect to the creation of “small districts’.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 46-431, 46-487, 46-455, 46-460, 46-474, 46-492 of the Code of Virginia, all being part of the Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Act, in order to change certain minimum provisions of the security for damages and proof of financial responsibility required after certain accidents.
An Act to amend and reenact § 8-653 of the Code of Virginia, relating to what notice required to be given municipal corporations in order to bring proceedings arising from certain claims so as to prescribe the time within which certain notice may be given and how the provisions of the section may be superseded.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto a new section numbered 4-101.1, so as to permit certain sales of certain beverages by certain fiduciaries or persons acting under court authority; and to amend and reenact § 4-104 of the Code of Virginia, relating to taxes on certain State licenses, expiration of licenses, other State taxes, and the disposition of taxes, so as to provide for extension of such re ats;
An Act to amend and reenact § 88-50.1 of the Code of Virginia, to provide for the exclusion from the annual limitation all roads transferred under the provisions of § 85-27 of the Code of Virginia and all roads maintained by the State Highway Department which are subsequently annexed by an incorporated town of less than 8500 population.
An Act to amend and reenact § 8-24 of the Code of Virginia, relating to limitation of time within which certain actions must be Hens
An Act to amend and reenact § 84-82 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the garnishment of wages.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 4.01, 5.18, 6.13, 6.21, 8.09, 12.08, 13.06, 13.07, 138.09 and 17.20 of Chapter 116 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1948, providing a new charter for the city of Richmond, and to amend and reenact §§ 6.19 and 6.20 of said chapter, as amended by Chapter 251 of the Acts of the General Assembly of Virginia of 1950, and to amend said Chapter 116 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1948 by adding a section numbered § 13.07.1 thereto, relating to the compensation of the mayor; the power of the council to assign the function of maintaining sewers, drains and culverts and maintaining and operating sewage disposal plants to the department of public utilities; water, gas and electric utility budgets; the reserve fund for permanent public improvements; the auditor of municipal accounts; the qualifications for the office of director of public works; the conduct of the water, gas and electric utilities; the water, gas and electric renewal funds; changes in water, gas and electric utility rates; the power of the board of zoning appeals with respect to the location of wireless and radio towers and stations; the capital budget; the certification of available funds before disbursement thereof; and the transfer of water, gas and electric utility surpluses.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 8-513 and 8-524 of the Code of Virginia, relating to apples and the Virginia State Apple Commission, and relating specifically to definitions and certain penalties
An Act to amend Chapter 39 of the Acts of Assembly of 1932, approved February 20, 1982, which provided a new charter for the city of Winchester, by adding §§ 1.01, 1.02, 1.03 and 3.01, and to amend and reenact §§ 17, 18, and 24 as amended, of said chapter, the new and the amended sections relating to the assessment and collection of licenses and taxes, the acquisition of property for public purposes, police and welfare powers, the office of vice-mayor, the laying out of streets and the pavement and repair of sidewalks, bond issues and indebtedness, and civil and police justices.
An Act to amend and reenact § 8-272 of the Code of Virginia, relating to authentication of records of United States or other state public offices so as to permit the introduction in evidence of Interstate Commerce Commission or State Corporation Commission printed copies of schedules and classifications and tariffs of rates, fares and charges without certification.
An Act to amend and reenact § 5904-a, as amended, of the Code of 1919, which was continued in effect by § 16-50 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the judge of the county court in certain counties.
An Act to provide a new charter for the Town of Rural Retreat, in the county of Wythe; and to repeal prior charters of the town and certain acts.
An Act to amend and reenact § 3 of Chapter 180 of the Acts of Assembly of 1952, approved February 26, 1952, relating to a game refuge in New Kent County, so as to make hunting therein unlawful and to provide punishment therefor.
An Act to amend and reenact § 15-607 of the Code of Virginia, relating to certain powers of cities and towns and of counties, respectively, in connection with projects for which they may borrow money and issue bonds, and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto a section numbered § 15-621.1 relating to limitation of actions in connection with authorization, issuance and delivery of bonds under § 15-606 et seq. of the Code of Virginia.
An Act to amend and reenact §8§ 8-448, 8-444 and 8-445 as amended, and 84-29 as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to garnish- ment and exemptions therefrom; and to amend the Code by adding: section numbered 8-432.1, as to applicability of notice of certain liens.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto a section numbered 46-256.1, relating to rural mail carriers loading and unloading mail and exempting them from the provisions of § 46-256 under certain circumstances.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 68-115, 68-141 and 68-179 of the Code of Virginia, relating, respectively, to eligibility for old age assistance, eligibility for aid to dependent children, and eligibility for aid to the blind
An Act to amend and reenact § 58-78, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, which section defines gross income.
An Act to amend and reenact § 46-1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to certain definitions so as to provide for certain additional definitions.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 8-641, 8-642, 8-645, and 8-646, of the Code of Virginia, relating to injuries to railroad employees.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding sections numbered 58-19.1 to 58-19.4, inclusive, authorizing the use of prison labor for reforestation, soil erosion control, water conservation and construction of public recreational areas; to prescribe the conditions under which such labor may be so employed; and to provide for reimbursement of the State for certain costs in connection therewith.
An Act to amend and reenact § 56-884 of the Code of Virginia as to opening and maintenance of express offices so as to make the statute apply only to railroad companies operating their own express business.
An Act to amend and reenact § 88-76.6 as amended of the Code of Virginia relating to the sale and exchange of certain portions of roads of the State Highway System which have been abandoned and other real estate acquired by the State Highway Commission incidental to construction, reconstruction, alteration, maintenance and repair of the State Highway System.

1955es
An Act to provide for submitting to the qualified electors the question of whether there shall be a convention to revise and amend Section 141 of the Constitution of Virginia.

1956
AN ACT to amend and reenact §§ 68-291 and 68-292 of the Code of Virginia and to repeal §§ 68-289 and 68-290 of the Code of Virginia, all of which sections relate to delinquent, dependent and neglected children.
AN ACT to provide for the submission of proposed amendments to §§ 155 and 161 of the Constitution of Virginia to the qualified voters for ratification or rejection, and to prescribe when and how such referendum shall be had, and the manner in which the results thereof shall be ascertained and certified, the returns canvassed, and the vote thereon proclaimed by the Governor.
An Act to amend and reenact § 18-82 of the Code of Virginia, relating to adultery and fornication; incest.
An Act to amend Chapter 44 of the Acts of Assembly of 1982, approved March 26, 1982, which provided a charter for the town of Scottsville, by adding a section numbered 18-a, providing for appointment by the council of a justice of the peace for the town.
An Act to amend and reenact § 65-4, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to definition of employees for purposes of coverage under Workmen’s Compensation Act.
An Act to amend the Code of Verges by adding thereto a section numbered 18-281.2, making it unlawful to enter the property of others under certain conditions and providing penalties for violations
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 2, 4,12, 13, 14, 19, 28, 28, 33, 48 and 56 of Chapter 216 of the Acts of Assembly of 1952, approved March 7, 1952, which provided a charter for the city of Roanoke, the amended sections relating, respectively, to the powers of the city; composition of the city council; legislative procedure of the council; effective date of ordinances and emergency measures; record and publication of ordinances and resolutions; conduct of elections; creation of city departments; clerk of the municipal court; the annual budget; public advertising; and the powers and duties of the school board.
An Act to amend and reenact § 55-66.5 of the Code of Virginia, relating to releases by eae of encumbrances on property, so as to permit such releases in other cases.
An Act to amend and reenact § 40-109 of the Code of Virginia, relating to certain employment prohibited for children under eighteen years of age.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a new section numbered 24-129.1, relating to the payment of State poll taxes and the certification of payment by the treasurer.
An Act to amend and reenact § 2 of Chapter 198 of the Acts of Assembly of 1950, approved March 14, 1950, which provided a new charter for the city of Martinsville, the section relating to the powers of ue sig
An Act to amend and reenact § 86-5 of the Code of Virginia, relating to reports by housing authorities so as to require certain additional reports and the making public of certain records.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a new section numbered 15-16.8, relating to the authority of the governing bodies of counties, cities and towns to make donations to Stonewall Jackson Memorial, Incorporated.
An Act to amend and reenact § 65-93, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to rehearings on awards of the Industrial Commission.
AN ACT to amend and reenact § 56-884 of the Code of Virginia, relating to enforcement of motor carrier laws; appointment, powers and duties of agents, inspectors and investigators.
An Act to amend and reenact § 29-126 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the publication of proposed regulations of the Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 19-72.2, to provide the cireumstances under which certain warrants of arrest may issue.
An Act to amend and reenact § 58-418 of the Code of Virginia, exempting certain businesses and professions from a tax on capital so as to exempt certain other businesses.
An Act to amend and reenact § 18 of Chapter IX of Chapter 157 of the Acts of Assembly of 1908, approved March 10, 1908, as amended, which provided a charter for the city of Portsmouth, the amended section relating to issue of warrants.
An Act to amend and reenact § 58-82 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the establishing of, and constructing buildings for, farms for misdemeanants and felons.
An Act to amend and reenact § 54-142 of the Code of Virginia, relating to penalty for violation of provisions of Chapter 7, Title 54, concerning contractors, and to prescribe certain conditions precedent to asserting said section as a defense in certain actions.
An Act to revise, rearrange, amend and recodify the general corporation laws of Virginia; to that end to repeal Title 18 of the Code of Virginia, which includes Chapters 1 through 15 and Sections 18-1 through 18-292 of the Code of Virginia, as amended, which Title relates to corporations and securities generally; to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto, in lieu of such Title, Chapters and Sections of the Code repealed by this Act, a new Title numbered 18.1 which Title includes five Articles numbered 1 through 5 and new Sections numbered Sections 13.1-1 through 13.1-527, relating to corporations and securities generally.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 46-888.1, relating to towing certain motor vehicles.
An Act to permit the Cities of Hampton, Newport News and Warwick, acting pursuant to Section 15-220 et seq. of the Code of Virginia, 1950, and Acts Amendatory thereto, to incorporate in the provisions of the agreement providing for consolidation of all three cities certain optional provisions which may be set forth in whole or in part in any agreement submitted in a referendum on consolidation of all three cities, and to provide for the provisions which may be included
AN ACT to amend and reenact §§ 26-9 and 26-22 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the record of fiduciaries kept by commissioners of accounts, and the furnishing of supplies to these commissioners of accounts.
An Act to amend and reenact § 62-11, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to definitions under the State Water Control Law.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 22-822.1, relating to vocational rehabilitation.
An Act to amend and reenact § 17-119.1 of the Code of Virginia, providing additional judges for certain judicial circuits so as to increase the number of such judges and the circuits to which the section 1B 86)
An Act to amend and reenact § 16-172.80, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, so as to provide for the issuance of summons to juveniles charged with violation of the traffic laws.
AN ACT to amend and reenact § 55-186 of the Code of Virginia, relating to conveyances of real estate by corporations.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto a section numbered 6-848.1, relating to the charge of investigation fee by banks.