Code of VirginiaTitle 2.2. Administration of Government6/20/2018 Title 2.2. Administration of Government (2017 Updates) Subtitle I. Organization of State Government Part A. Office of the Governor Chapter 1. Governor Article 1. General Provisions § 2.2-115Commonwealth's Development Opportunity Fund Chapter 2. Governor's Secretaries Article 2. Secretary of Administration § 2.2-203.2:3Policy of the Commonwealth regarding the employment of individuals with disabilities; responsibilities of state agencies; report Article 3. Secretary of Commerce and Trade § 2.2-204Position established; agencies for which responsible; additional duties Article 5. Secretary of Finance § 2.2-211Position established; agencies for which responsible; additional powers Article 6. Secretary of Health and Human Resources § 2.2-212Position established; agencies for which responsible; additional powers Article 7. Secretary of Natural Resources § 2.2-220.4National Flood Insurance Program; annual report Article 8. Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security § 2.2-222.3Secure and Resilient Commonwealth Panel; membership; duties; compensation; staff Article 10. Secretary of Transportation § 2.2-229Office of Intermodal Planning and Investment of the Secretary of Transportation Chapter 3.2. Office of the State Inspector General Article 1. General Provisions § 2.2-307Definitions Chapter 4. Secretary of the Commonwealth Article 3. Registration of Lobbyists § 2.2-419Definitions § 2.2-422Registration requirements § 2.2-423Contents of registration statement § 2.2-426Lobbyist reporting; penalty § 2.2-430Termination § 2.2-431Penalties; filing of substituted statement Chapter 4.2. Coordination of Workforce Development § 2.2-435.7Responsibilities of the Chief Workforce Development Advisor Chapter 4.3. Commonwealth Identity Management Standards § 2.2-436Approval of electronic identity standards § 2.2-437Identity Management Standards Advisory Council Part B. Department of Law Chapter 5. Department of Law Article 1. General Provisions § 2.2-507Legal service in civil matters § 2.2-515.2Address confidentiality program established; victims of domestic violence, stalking, sexual violence, or human trafficking; application; disclosure of records Part C. State Agencies Related to the General Operation of Government Chapter 6. General Provisions Article 1. In General § 2.2-603Authority of agency directors Chapter 11. Department of General Services Article 4. Division of Engineering and Buildings § 2.2-1136Review of easements; maintenance of records; notification when lease or other agreement for branch office to terminate; report § 2.2-1147Definitions § 2.2-1149Department to review proposed acquisitions of real property; approval by the Governor; exceptions § 2.2-1153State agencies and institutions to notify Department of property not used or required; criteria Chapter 12. Department of Human Resource Management § 2.2-1201.1Criminal background checks for certain positions § 2.2-1209Agency director human resource training and agency succession planning Chapter 15. Department of Planning and Budget § 2.2-1505Estimates by nonstate agencies of amounts needed Chapter 16.1. Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity Article 1. General Provisions § 2.2-1606Powers of Director Article 2. Small Business Jobs Grant Fund Program and Small Business Investment Grant Fund § 2.2-1611Small Business Jobs Grant Fund Program; composition; general qualifications § 2.2-1615Small Business Jobs Grant Fund Program § 2.2-1616Creation, administration, and management of the Small Business Investment Grant Fund Chapter 20. Department of Veterans Services § 2.2-2001.1Program for mental health and rehabilitative services Chapter 20.1. Virginia Information Technologies Agency Article 1. General Provisions § 2.2-2009Additional duties of the CIO relating to security of government information Part D. State Authorities, Boards, Commissions, Councils, Foundations and Other Collegial Bodies Chapter 21. General Provisions § 2.2-2101Prohibition against service by legislators on boards, commissions, and councils within the executive branch; exceptions Chapter 22. Authorities Article 2. Commercial Space Flight Authority § 2.2-2202Declaration of public purpose; Virginia Commercial Space Flight Authority created § 2.2-2203Board of directors; members and officers; Executive Director § 2.2-2203.2Strategic plan § 2.2-2204Powers of the Authority Article 3. Innovation and Entrepreneurship Investment Authority § 2.2-2221Powers of the Authority § 2.2-2233.1Commonwealth Research Commercialization Fund; continued; purposes; report Article 4. Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority § 2.2-2235.1Board of directors; members and officers; Chief Executive Officer § 2.2-2236.1Internal auditor; duties § 2.2-2237.1Board of directors to develop strategic plan for economic development; marketing plan; operational plan; submission § 2.2-2237.2Office of the Attorney General to provide instruction to Board § 2.2-2237.3Division of Incentives § 2.2-2238Economic development services § 2.2-2239.1Committee on Business Development and Marketing § 2.2-2239.2Committee on International Trade Article 8. Virginia Tourism Authority § 2.2-2319Cooperative Marketing Fund Article 10. Fort Monroe Authority Act § 2.2-2338Board of Trustees; membership Chapter 24. Boards Article 17. Virginia-Asian Advisory Board § 2.2-2449Membership; terms; vacancies; chairman Article 18. Board of Veterans Services § 2.2-2452Board of Veterans Services; membership; terms; quorum; compensation; staff Article 24. Virginia Board of Workforce Development § 2.2-2471(Contingent expiration date -- see Editor's notes) Virginia Board of Workforce Development; purpose; membership; terms; compensation and expenses; staff § 2.2-2472(Contingent expiration date -- see Editor's notes) Powers and duties of the Board; Virginia Workforce System created Article 25. Advisory Board on Service and Volunteerism § 2.2-2479(Expires July 1, 2018) Membership; terms; quorum; meetings Chapter 27. Foundations and Other Collegial Bodies Article 6. Veterans Services Foundation § 2.2-2715Veterans Services Foundation; purpose; report; membership; terms; compensation; staff § 2.2-2715.1Executive Director § 2.2-2716Authority of Foundation § 2.2-2718Veterans Services Fund Part E. State Officers and Employees Chapter 28. General Provisions § 2.2-2802Exception as to public officer or employee who engages in war service or is called to active duty in the Armed Forces of the United States § 2.2-2818.2Application of mandates to the state employee health insurance plan Chapter 31. State and Local Government Conflict of Interests Act Article 1. General Provisions § 2.2-3101Definitions Article 2. Generally Prohibited and Unlawful Conduct § 2.2-3103.1Certain gifts prohibited Article 3. Prohibited Conduct Relating to Contracts § 2.2-3110Further exceptions Article 4. Prohibited Conduct Relating to Transactions § 2.2-3112Prohibited conduct concerning personal interest in a transaction; exceptions Article 5. Disclosure Statements Required to Be Filed § 2.2-3114Disclosure by state officers and employees § 2.2-3115Disclosure by local government officers and employees § 2.2-3116Disclosure by certain constitutional officers § 2.2-3118.2Disclosure form; filing requirements Article 6. School Boards and Employees of School Boards § 2.2-3119Additional provisions applicable to school boards and employees of school boards; exceptions Article 7. Penalties and Remedies § 2.2-3121Advisory opinions Chapter 32. Workforce Transition Act of 1995 § 2.2-3202(Effective until July 1, 2018) Eligibility for transitional severance benefit Subtitle II. Administration of State Government Part B. Transaction of Public Business Chapter 37. Virginia Freedom of Information Act § 2.2-3701Definitions § 2.2-3703Public bodies and records to which chapter inapplicable; voter registration and election records; access by persons incarcerated in a state, local, or federal correctional facility § 2.2-3704Public records to be open to inspection; procedure for requesting records and responding to request; charges; transfer of records for storage, etc. § 2.2-3704.1Posting of notice of rights and responsibilities by state and local public bodies; assistance by the Freedom of Information Advisory Council § 2.2-3704.2Public bodies to designate FOIA officer § 2.2-3705.1Exclusions to application of chapter; exclusions of general application to public bodies § 2.2-3705.2Exclusions to application of chapter; records relating to public safety § 2.2-3705.3Exclusions to application of chapter; records relating to administrative investigations § 2.2-3705.4Exclusions to application of chapter; educational records and certain records of educational institutions § 2.2-3705.5Exclusions to application of chapter; health and social services records § 2.2-3705.6Exclusions to application of chapter; proprietary records and trade secrets § 2.2-3705.7Exclusions to application of chapter; records of specific public bodies and certain other limited exclusions § 2.2-3705.8Limitation on record exclusions § 2.2-3706Disclosure of criminal records; limitations § 2.2-3707Meetings to be public; notice of meetings; recordings; minutes § 2.2-3707.1Posting of minutes for state boards and commissions § 2.2-3708Electronic communication meetings; applicability; physical quorum required; exceptions; notice; report § 2.2-3708.1Participation in meetings due to personal matter; certain disabilities; distance from meeting location for certain public bodies § 2.2-3711Closed meetings authorized for certain limited purposes § 2.2-3712Closed meetings procedures; certification of proceedings § 2.2-3714Violations and penalties Chapter 38. Government Data Collection and Dissemination Practices Act § 2.2-3802Systems to which chapter inapplicable § 2.2-3803Administration of systems including personal information; Internet privacy policy; exceptions § 2.2-3806Rights of data subjects Chapter 38.2. Digital Certification of Government Records § 2.2-3817Definitions § 2.2-3818Standards for authentication of electronic government records § 2.2-3819Digitally certified government records Chapter 40. Administrative Process Act Article 1. General Provisions § 2.2-4001Definitions § 2.2-4002Exemptions from chapter generally § 2.2-4005Review of exemptions by Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission; Joint Commission on Administrative Rules Article 2. Regulations § 2.2-4006Exemptions from requirements of this article § 2.2-4007.04Economic impact analysis § 2.2-4007.04:01Notice required of certain departments Chapter 41. Virginia Register Act § 2.2-4103Agencies to file regulations with Registrar; other duties; failure to file § 2.2-4103.1Guidance documents; duty to file with Registrar Chapter 43. Virginia Public Procurement Act Article 1. General Provisions § 2.2-4301Definitions Article 2. Contract Formation and Administration § 2.2-4303Methods of procurement § 2.2-4303.1Architectural and professional engineering term contracting; limitations § 2.2-4304Joint and cooperative procurement § 2.2-4305Competitive procurement by localities on state-aid projects § 2.2-4310Discrimination prohibited; participation of small, women-owned, minority-owned, and service disabled veteran-owned business and employment services organization § 2.2-4336Bid bonds § 2.2-4337Performance and payment bonds Article 3. Exemptions and Limitations § 2.2-4343Exemption from operation of chapter for certain transactions § 2.2-4345Exemptions from competitive sealed bidding and competitive negotiation for certain transactions; limitations Article 4. Prompt Payment § 2.2-4348Exemptions Article 6. Ethics in Public Contracting § 2.2-4369Proscribed participation by public employees in procurement transactions Chapter 43.1. Construction Management and Design-Build Contracting Article 1. General Provisions § 2.2-4378Purpose; applicability § 2.2-4379Definitions Article 2. Procedures for State Public Bodies § 2.2-4380Construction management or design-build contracts for state public bodies authorized Article 3. Procedures for Covered Institutions § 2.2-4381Construction management or design-build contracts for covered institutions authorized Article 4. Procedures for Local Public Bodies. § 2.2-4382Design-build or construction management contracts for local public bodies authorized Article 5. Reporting Requirements for All Public Bodies. § 2.2-4383Reporting requirements Chapter 45. Investment of Public Funds Act § 2.2-4513.1Investment of funds in qualified investment pools