Chap. 55.—An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 389 of the Code of Virginia,
relating to distribution of copies of bills, joint resolutions, documents and
calendars of the House of Delegates and of the Senate. [H B 102]

Approved February 20, 1940

1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia, That
section three hundred and eighty-nine of the Code of Virginia, be
amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

Section 389. To whom sections three hundred and eighty-seven
and three hundred and eighty-eight not applicable——The provisions
of sections three hundred and eighty-seven and three hundred and
eighty-eight shall not apply to any person or persons who may, from
time to time, at irregular intervals, apply for one or more copies of
any special or particular bill, nor to the officers of the State govern-
ment, heads of State institutions, members of the General Assembly,
and representatives of the press and radio, or either, reporting the
proceedings of the General Assembly, desiring copies of the bills,
journals, documents, etc., for their own use. If such bills, calendars
and resolutions are to be sent by mail or express, the parties desiring
the same shall pay an amount necessary to cover the cost of mailing
or expressing the same.

2. An emergency existing, this act shall be in force from its
passage.