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A.<\/span> The Interdepartmental Board established by the Director shall be composed of heads of the several departments<\/span> and agencies of state government, or their respective designees, whose functions affect small, women-owned, and minority-owned businesses. The participating departments<\/span> and agencies shall be determined by the Director of the Department<\/span>. The Interdepartmental Board shall meet at the call of the Director and shall supply the Director with information useful in promoting small, women-owned, and minority-owned business<\/span> development. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The head of each participating state department<\/span> and agency or his designee shall furnish information, assistance, and reports to, and shall otherwise cooperate with, the Director in the performance of his duties as needed. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> The head of each participating state department<\/span> or agency shall, when so requested by the Director, designate an assistant or such other similar official to have primary and continuing responsibility for the participation and cooperation of that department<\/span> or agency in matters concerning small, women-owned, and minority-owned businesses. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

D.<\/span> Each participating state department<\/span> or agency shall, within constraints of law<\/span> and availability of funding, continue all current efforts to foster and promote small, women-owned, and minority-owned businesses and to support small, women-owned, and minority-owned business<\/span> programs, and shall cooperate with the Director in increasing the total state effort. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nINTERDEPARTMENTAL BOARD; COOPERATION WITH DEPARTMENT (\u00a7 2.2-1608)\n\nA. The Interdepartmental Board established by the Director shall be composed of\nheads of the several departments and agencies of state government, or their\nrespective designees, whose functions affect small, women-owned, and\nminority-owned businesses. The participating departments and agencies shall be\ndetermined by the Director of the Department. The Interdepartmental Board shall\nmeet at the call of the Director and shall supply the Director with information\nuseful in promoting small, women-owned, and minority-owned business development.\n\nB. The head of each participating state department and agency or his designee\nshall furnish information, assistance, and reports to, and shall otherwise\ncooperate with, the Director in the performance of his duties as needed.\n\nC. The head of each participating state department or agency shall, when so\nrequested by the Director, designate an assistant or such other similar official\nto have primary and continuing responsibility for the participation and\ncooperation of that department or agency in matters concerning small,\nwomen-owned, and minority-owned businesses.\n\nD. Each participating state department or agency shall, within constraints of\nlaw and availability of funding, continue all current efforts to foster and\npromote small, women-owned, and minority-owned businesses and to support small,\nwomen-owned, and minority-owned business programs, and shall cooperate with the\nDirector in increasing the total state effort.\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}}