{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-json\/2.2-1603.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-text\/2.2-1603.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-xml\/2.2-1603.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-html\/2.2-1603.html"}],"law_id":74149,"edition_id":1,"section_id":74149,"structure_id":14697,"section_number":"2.2-1603","catch_line":"Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity created; appointment of Director; offices; personnel","history":"2013, c. 482.","full_text":"A\n\nThere is hereby created a Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity (the Department), which shall be headed by a Director appointed by the Governor to serve at his pleasure. The Director shall also serve as a special assistant to the Governor for small, women-owned, and minority-owned business development.B\n\nThe Director of the Department shall, under the direction and control of the Governor, exercise the powers and perform the duties conferred or imposed upon him by law and perform such other duties as may be required by the Governor.C\n\nThe Department shall have its main office in Richmond and may have branch offices as may be necessary, as determined by the Director subject to the approval of the Secretary of Commerce and Trade.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":266654,"text":"There is hereby created a Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity (the Department), which shall be headed by a Director appointed by the Governor to serve at his pleasure. The Director shall also serve as a special assistant to the Governor for small, women-owned, and minority-owned business development.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":266655,"text":"The Director of the Department shall, under the direction and control of the Governor, exercise the powers and perform the duties conferred or imposed upon him by law and perform such other duties as may be required by the Governor.","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A","next_prefix":"C"},"2":{"id":266656,"text":"The Department shall have its main office in Richmond and may have branch offices as may be necessary, as determined by the Director subject to the approval of the Secretary of Commerce and Trade.","type":"section","prefixes":["C"],"prefix":"C","entire_prefix":"C","prefix_anchor":"C","level":1,"prior_prefix":"B"}},"ancestry":[{"id":14697,"edition_id":1,"name":"General Provisions","identifier":"1","label":"article","depth":5,"order_by":1,"parent_id":14696,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:49:23","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:49:23","permalink":{"id":173073,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":14697,"identifier":"1","token":"2.2\/I\/C\/16.1\/1","url":"\/2.2\/I\/C\/16.1\/1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":14696,"edition_id":1,"name":"Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity","identifier":"16.1","label":"chapter","depth":4,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13092,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:49:23","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:49:23","permalink":{"id":173071,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":14696,"identifier":"16.1","token":"2.2\/I\/C\/16.1","url":"\/2.2\/I\/C\/16.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":13092,"edition_id":1,"name":"State Agencies Related to the General Operation of Government","identifier":"C","label":"part","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12784,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:16","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:16","permalink":{"id":172453,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13092,"identifier":"C","token":"2.2\/I\/C","url":"\/2.2\/I\/C\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12784,"edition_id":1,"name":"Organization of State Government","identifier":"I","label":"subtitle","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12749,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:53","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:53","permalink":{"id":171455,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12784,"identifier":"I","token":"2.2\/I","url":"\/2.2\/I\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12749,"edition_id":1,"name":"Administration of Government","identifier":"2.2","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:51","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:51","permalink":{"id":171453,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12749,"identifier":"2.2","token":"2.2","url":"\/2.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":74149,"structure_id":14697,"section_number":"2.2-1603","catch_line":"Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity created; appointment of Director; offices; personnel","url":"\/2.2-1603\/","token":"2.2\/I\/C\/16.1\/1\/2.2-1603","metadata":false},{"id":65884,"structure_id":14697,"section_number":"2.2-1604","catch_line":"Definitions","url":"\/2.2-1604\/","token":"2.2\/I\/C\/16.1\/1\/2.2-1604","metadata":false},{"id":78558,"structure_id":14697,"section_number":"2.2-1605","catch_line":"Powers and duties of Department","url":"\/2.2-1605\/","token":"2.2\/I\/C\/16.1\/1\/2.2-1605","metadata":false},{"id":73978,"structure_id":14697,"section_number":"2.2-1605.1","catch_line":"Mentorship program","url":"\/2.2-1605.1\/","token":"2.2\/I\/C\/16.1\/1\/2.2-1605.1","metadata":false},{"id":64046,"structure_id":14697,"section_number":"2.2-1606","catch_line":"Powers of Director","url":"\/2.2-1606\/","token":"2.2\/I\/C\/16.1\/1\/2.2-1606","metadata":false},{"id":69811,"structure_id":14697,"section_number":"2.2-1607","catch_line":"Nonstock corporation to assist small businesses","url":"\/2.2-1607\/","token":"2.2\/I\/C\/16.1\/1\/2.2-1607","metadata":false},{"id":80454,"structure_id":14697,"section_number":"2.2-1608","catch_line":"Interdepartmental Board; cooperation with Department","url":"\/2.2-1608\/","token":"2.2\/I\/C\/16.1\/1\/2.2-1608","metadata":false},{"id":56335,"structure_id":14697,"section_number":"2.2-1609","catch_line":"Use of vendors identified by public institutions of higher education as small, women-owned, and minority-owned businesses","url":"\/2.2-1609\/","token":"2.2\/I\/C\/16.1\/1\/2.2-1609","metadata":false},{"id":80210,"structure_id":14697,"section_number":"2.2-1610","catch_line":"Reports and recommendations; collection of data","url":"\/2.2-1610\/","token":"2.2\/I\/C\/16.1\/1\/2.2-1610","metadata":false}],"next_section":{"id":65884,"structure_id":14697,"section_number":"2.2-1604","catch_line":"Definitions","url":"\/2.2-1604\/","token":"2.2\/I\/C\/16.1\/1\/2.2-1604","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/2.2-1603\/","history_text":"

This law was first created in 2013. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 482<\/a> 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.<\/p>","references":[{"id":59772,"section_number":"2.2-3705.6","catch_line":"Exclusions to application of chapter; proprietary records and trade secrets","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-3705.6\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":173075,"object_type":"law","relational_id":74149,"identifier":"2.2-1603","token":"2.2\/I\/C\/16.1\/1\/2.2-1603","url":"\/2.2-1603\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/2.2-1603\/","token":"2.2\/I\/C\/16.1\/1\/2.2-1603","dublin_core":{"Title":"Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity created; appointment of Director; offices; personnel","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 2.2-1603","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> There is hereby created a Department<\/span> of Small Business<\/span> and Supplier Diversity (the Department<\/span>), which shall be headed by a Director appointed by the Governor to serve at his pleasure. The Director shall also serve as a special assistant to the Governor for small, women-owned, and minority-owned business<\/span> development. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The Director of the Department<\/span> shall, under the direction and control of the Governor, exercise the powers and perform the duties conferred or imposed upon him by law<\/span> and perform such other duties as may be required by the Governor. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> The Department<\/span> shall have its main office in Richmond and may have branch offices as may be necessary, as determined by the Director subject to the approval of the Secretary of Commerce and Trade. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEPARTMENT OF SMALL BUSINESS AND SUPPLIER DIVERSITY CREATED; APPOINTMENT OF\nDIRECTOR; OFFICES; PERSONNEL (\u00a7 2.2-1603)\n\nA. There is hereby created a Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity\n(the Department), which shall be headed by a Director appointed by the Governor\nto serve at his pleasure. The Director shall also serve as a special assistant\nto the Governor for small, women-owned, and minority-owned business development.\n\nB. The Director of the Department shall, under the direction and control of the\nGovernor, exercise the powers and perform the duties conferred or imposed upon\nhim by law and perform such other duties as may be required by the Governor.\n\nC. The Department shall have its main office in Richmond and may have branch\noffices as may be necessary, as determined by the Director subject to the\napproval of the Secretary of Commerce and Trade.\n\nHISTORY: 2013, c. 482.","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}}