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This law was first created in 1977. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 505 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 1977 \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 844<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":60350,"section_number":"15.2-2903","catch_line":"General powers and duties of Commission","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-2903\/"},{"id":72111,"section_number":"2.2-614.5","catch_line":"Electric vehicle charging stations","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-614.5\/"},{"id":66838,"section_number":"56-1.2","catch_line":"Persons, localities, and school boards not designated as public utility, public service corporation, etc","order_by":null,"url":"\/56-1.2\/"},{"id":64493,"section_number":"56-1.2:1","catch_line":"Retail sale of electricity in connection with the provision of electric vehicle charging service","order_by":null,"url":"\/56-1.2_1\/"},{"id":76982,"section_number":"56-232.2:1","catch_line":"Regulation of electric vehicle charging service","order_by":null,"url":"\/56-232.2_1\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":171585,"object_type":"law","relational_id":73064,"identifier":"2.2-128","token":"2.2\/I\/A\/1\/2\/2.2-128","url":"\/2.2-128\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/2.2-128\/","token":"2.2\/I\/A\/1\/2\/2.2-128","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 2.2-128","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

For the purpose of this chapter:\n\t\t“Agency<\/span>” means an administrative unit of state government, including any department, institution, commission, board<\/span>, council, authority, or other body, however designated.\n\t\t“Board<\/span>” means any collegial body in the executive branch of state government created by the General Assembly.\n\t\t“Function<\/span>” means an activity, assignment or set of operations.\n\t\t“Reorganization<\/span>” means a transfer, consolidation<\/span>, coordination, or abolition of a function<\/span>, or the assignment or reassignment of responsibility and authority for the execution of a function<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITIONS (\u00a7 2.2-128)\n\nFor the purpose of this chapter:\n\t\t“Agency” means an administrative unit of state government,\nincluding any department, institution, commission, board, council, authority, or\nother body, however designated.\n\t\t“Board” means any collegial body in the executive branch of state\ngovernment created by the General Assembly.\n\t\t“Function” means an activity, assignment or set of operations.\n\t\t“Reorganization” means a transfer, consolidation, coordination, or\nabolition of a function, or the assignment or reassignment of responsibility and\nauthority for the execution of a function.\n\nHISTORY: 1977, c. 505, \u00a7 2.1-8.2; 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}}