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2024 SESSION
24100176DBe it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 18.2-383 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 18.2-383. Exceptions to application of article.
Nothing contained in this article shall be construed to apply to:
(1) 1. The purchase, distribution,
exhibition, or loan of any book, magazine, or other printed or manuscript
material by any library, school provided that any
such material classified as obscene is available
exclusively in a section of the library to
which access is restricted by age, or institution of higher education, supported by public
appropriation;
(2) 2. The purchase, distribution,
exhibition, or loan of any work of art by any museum of fine arts, school,
or institution of higher education, supported by public appropriation;
(3) 3. The exhibition or
performance of any play, drama, tableau, or motion picture by any theatre,
museum of fine arts, school,
or institution of higher education, supported by public appropriation.