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Strip out past "Effective" dates from catch lines
Some catch lines contain text like "Effective October 1, 2011" in them. This is not useful as of October 1, 2011, yet the titles remain there even in subsequent year's codes. Figure out how to remove this without eliminating useful, actionable information.
On the other hand, some catch lines contain text like "Effective until January 1, 2014." This is really very useful.
This is basically a case of storing metadata in titles that properly belongs elsewhere. Perhaps a "notes" field in laws_meta is the correct place to store this material?
I really need to establish a separate repository for Virginia Decoded, to house these things.