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Subject to the ultimate authority of the General Assembly to prescribe the policies of the Commonwealth and within the framework of policy established by the General Assembly, all communications shall be at the policy direction of the Governor; however, communications by the General Assembly or the Supreme Court of Virginia with the legislature or the judiciary, respectively, of the United States, another state or foreign nation, shall be at the discretion of the General Assembly and the Supreme Court of Virginia. Actions taken under \u00a7 2.2-611 shall be subject to the provisions of this section.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":292019,"text":"The Governor may adopt regulations for coordination of official communications on behalf of the Commonwealth by any officer, agency or employee of the Commonwealth with the government of the United States, another state or foreign nation. Subject to the ultimate authority of the General Assembly to prescribe the policies of the Commonwealth and within the framework of policy established by the General Assembly, all communications shall be at the policy direction of the Governor; however, communications by the General Assembly or the Supreme Court of Virginia with the legislature or the judiciary, respectively, of the United States, another state or foreign nation, shall be at the discretion of the General Assembly and the Supreme Court of Virginia. 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 704 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":false,"refers_to":[{"id":79686,"section_number":"2.2-611","catch_line":"Acceptance by departments, etc., of funds from United States; application of funds","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-611\/"}],"permalink":{"id":171523,"object_type":"law","relational_id":81521,"identifier":"2.2-114","token":"2.2\/I\/A\/1\/1\/2.2-114","url":"\/2.2-114\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/2.2-114\/","token":"2.2\/I\/A\/1\/1\/2.2-114","dublin_core":{"Title":"Coordination of official communications with federal and foreign governments","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 2.2-114","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The Governor may adopt regulations for coordination of official communications on behalf of the Commonwealth by any officer, <span class=\"dictionary\">agency<\/span> or employee of the Commonwealth with the government of the United States, another state or foreign nation. Subject to the ultimate authority of the General Assembly to prescribe the policies of the Commonwealth and within the framework of policy established by the General Assembly, all communications shall be at the policy direction of the Governor; however, communications by the General Assembly or the Supreme <span class=\"dictionary\">Court<\/span> of Virginia with the legislature or the judiciary, respectively, of the United States, another state or foreign nation, shall be at the discretion of the General Assembly and the Supreme <span class=\"dictionary\">Court<\/span> of Virginia. 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Subject to the ultimate authority of the General Assembly to prescribe\nthe policies of the Commonwealth and within the framework of policy established\nby the General Assembly, all communications shall be at the policy direction of\nthe Governor; however, communications by the General Assembly or the Supreme\nCourt of Virginia with the legislature or the judiciary, respectively, of the\nUnited States, another state or foreign nation, shall be at the discretion of\nthe General Assembly and the Supreme Court of Virginia. Actions taken under \u00a7\n2.2-611 shall be subject to the provisions of this section.\n\nHISTORY: 1976, c. 704, \u00a7 2.1-38.2; 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}}