Bill Text: VA HB404 | 2020 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Public libraries; providing an essential service to communities of the Commonwealth.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2020-03-02 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0054) [HB404 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2020-HB404-Chaptered.html

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CHAPTER 54 An Act to amend and reenact §42.1-46 of the Code of Virginia, relating to public libraries. [H 404] Approved March 2, 2020

 

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That §42.1-46 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§42.1-46. Library policy of the Commonwealth.

It is hereby declared to be the policy of the Commonwealth, as a part of its provision of essential service to communities and for public education, to promote the establishment and development of public library service throughout its various political subdivisions.