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This law was first created in 1989. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 479 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 1989 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 2001, chapters 815<\/a> and 842<\/a>; in 2013, chapter 485<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":172837,"object_type":"law","relational_id":76042,"identifier":"2.2-1179","token":"2.2\/I\/C\/11\/7\/2.2-1179","url":"\/2.2-1179\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/2.2-1179\/","token":"2.2\/I\/C\/11\/7\/2.2-1179","dublin_core":{"Title":"Use of vehicles for commuting","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 2.2-1179","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

No passenger-type vehicle<\/span> purchased or leased with public funds shall be used to commute between an employee’s home and official work station without the prior written approval of the agency head and, in the case of vehicles assigned to the centralized fleet<\/span>, the Director<\/span>. The Director<\/span> shall establish guidance documents governing such use of vehicles and shall ensure that costs associated with such use shall be recovered from employees. Employees who do not report to an official work station shall not be required to pay for travel between their homes and field sites. Guidance documents established by the Director<\/span> and recovery of costs shall not apply to use of vehicles by law<\/span>-enforcement officers. By executive order<\/span> of the Governor, such guidance documents may extend to all motor vehicles of any type owned by the Commonwealth, or such of them as the Governor may designate.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nUSE OF VEHICLES FOR COMMUTING (\u00a7 2.2-1179)\n\nNo passenger-type vehicle purchased or leased with public funds shall be used to\ncommute between an employee’s home and official work station without the\nprior written approval of the agency head and, in the case of vehicles assigned\nto the centralized fleet, the Director. The Director shall establish guidance\ndocuments governing such use of vehicles and shall ensure that costs associated\nwith such use shall be recovered from employees. Employees who do not report to\nan official work station shall not be required to pay for travel between their\nhomes and field sites. Guidance documents established by the Director and\nrecovery of costs shall not apply to use of vehicles by law-enforcement\nofficers. By executive order of the Governor, such guidance documents may extend\nto all motor vehicles of any type owned by the Commonwealth, or such of them as\nthe Governor may designate.\n\nHISTORY: 1989, c. 479, \u00a7 33.1-406; 2001, cc. 815, 842, \u00a7 2.1-548.07; 2013, c.\n485.","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}}