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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 731 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1976 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2001, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?011+ful+CHAP0844\">844<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":79544,"section_number":"2.2-3705.7","catch_line":"Exclusions to application of chapter; records of specific public bodies and certain other limited exclusions","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-3705.7\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":171479,"object_type":"law","relational_id":85605,"identifier":"2.2-104","token":"2.2\/I\/A\/1\/1\/2.2-104","url":"\/2.2-104\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/2.2-104\/","token":"2.2\/I\/A\/1\/1\/2.2-104","dublin_core":{"Title":"Delegation of powers","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 2.2-104","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The Governor may designate and empower any secretary or other officer in the executive branch of state government who is required to be confirmed by the General Assembly or either house thereof, to perform without approval, ratification, or other action by the Governor any <span class=\"dictionary\">function<\/span> that is vested in the Governor by <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span>, or which such officer is required or authorized by <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span> to perform only with or subject to the approval, ratification of the Governor; however nothing contained in this section shall relieve the Governor of his responsibility in office for the acts of any secretary or officer designated by him to perform such <span class=\"dictionary\">functions<\/span>. 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Any designation or authorization under this\nsection shall be (i) in the form of a written executive order, (ii) subject to\nthe terms, conditions, and limitations the Governor deems advisable, and (iii)\nrevocable in whole or in part at any time by the Governor.\n\nHISTORY: 1976, c. 731, \u00a7 2.1-39.1; 2001, c. 844.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}