{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-json\/2.2-1617.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-text\/2.2-1617.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-xml\/2.2-1617.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-html\/2.2-1617.html"}],"law_id":58329,"edition_id":1,"section_id":58329,"structure_id":15320,"section_number":"2.2-1617","catch_line":"One-stop small business permitting program","history":"2013, cc. 155, 206, 482; 2014, c. 758; 2018, c. 218; 2020, c. 750.","full_text":"A\n\nAs used in this article, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t\t“Business Permitting Center” or “Center” means the business registration and permitting center established by this section and located in and under the administrative control of the Department.\n\t\t\t“Comprehensive application” means a document incorporating pertinent data from existing applications for permits covered under this section.\n\t\t\t“Comprehensive permit” means the single document designed for public display issued by the Business Permitting Center that certifies state agency permit approval and that incorporates the endorsements for individual permits included in the comprehensive permitting program.\n\t\t\t“Comprehensive permitting program” or “Program” means the mechanism by which comprehensive permits are issued and renewed, permit and regulatory information is disseminated, and account data is exchanged by state agencies.\n\t\t\t“Permit” means the whole or part of any state agency permit, license, certificate, approval, registration, charter, or any form or permission required by law, to engage in activity associated with or involving the establishment of a small business in the Commonwealth.\n\t\t\t“Permit information packet” means a collection of information about permitting requirements and application procedures custom assembled for each request.\n\t\t\t“Regulatory” means all permitting and other governmental or statutory requirements establishing a small business or professional activities associated with establishing a small business.\n\t\t\t“Regulatory agency” means any state agency, board, commission, or division that regulates one or more professions, occupations, industries, businesses, or activities.\n\t\t\t“Renewal application” means a document used to collect pertinent data for renewal of permits covered under this section.\n\t\t\t“Small business” means an independently owned and operated business that, together with affiliates, has 250 or fewer employees or average annual gross receipts of $10 million or less averaged over the previous three years.\n\t\t\t“Veteran” means an individual who has served in the active military, naval, or air service and who was discharged or released therefrom under conditions other than dishonorable.B\n\nThere is created within the Department the comprehensive permitting program (the Program). The Program is established to serve as a single access point to aid entrepreneurs in filling out the various permit applications associated with establishing a small business in Virginia. The Program in no way supersedes or supplants any regulatory authority granted to any state agency with permits covered by this section. As part of the Program, the Department shall coordinate with the regulatory agency, and the regulatory agency shall determine, consistent with applicable law, what types of permits are appropriate for inclusion in the Program as well as the rules governing the submission of and payment for those permits. The website of the Department shall provide access to information regarding the Program. The Department shall have the power and duty to:1\n\nCreate a comprehensive application that will allow an entrepreneur, or an agent thereof, seeking to establish a small business, to create accounts that will allow them to acquire the appropriate permits required in the Commonwealth. The comprehensive application shall:\n\t\t\t\ta. Allow the business owner to choose a business type and to provide common information, such as name, address, and telephone number, on the front page, eliminating the need to repeatedly provide common information on each permit application;\n\t\t\t\tb. Allow the business owner to preview and answer questions related to the operation of the business;\n\t\t\t\tc. Provide business owners with a customized to-do agency checklist, which checklist shall provide the permit applications pertinent to each business type and provide the rules, regulations, and general laws applicable to each business type as well as local licensing information;\n\t\t\t\td. Allow the business owner to submit permit applications by electronic means as authorized by § 59.1-496 and to affix thereto his electronic signature as defined in § 59.1-480;\n\t\t\t\te. Allow the business owner to check on the status of applications online and to receive information from the permitting agencies electronically; and\n\t\t\t\tf. Allow a business owner to submit electronic payment of application or permitting fees for applications that have been accepted by the permitting agency.2\n\nDevelop and administer a computerized system program capable of storing, retrieving, and exchanging permit information while protecting the confidentiality of information submitted to the Department to the extent allowable by law. Information submitted to the Department shall be subject to the provisions of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (§ 2.2-3700 et seq.) as the same would apply were the information submitted directly to the Department or to any permitting agency.3\n\nIssue and renew comprehensive permits in an efficient manner.4\n\nIdentify the types of permits appropriate for inclusion in the Program. The Department shall coordinate with the regulatory agency, and the regulatory agency shall determine, consistent with applicable law, what types of permits are appropriate for inclusion in the Program.5\n\nIncorporate permits into the Program.6\n\nDo all acts necessary or convenient to carry out the purposes of this chapter.C\n\nRegulatory agencies shall, by November 30 of each year, provide the Department with information outlining any changes to the agency’s policies and regulations. The Business Permitting Center shall compile information regarding the regulatory programs associated with each of the permits obtainable under the Program. This information shall include, at a minimum, a listing of the statutes and administrative rules requiring the permits and pertaining to the regulatory programs that are directly related to the permit. The Center shall provide information governed by this section to any person requesting it. Materials used by the Center to describe the services provided by the Center shall indicate that this information is available upon request.D\n\nEach state agency shall cooperate and provide reasonable assistance to the Department in the implementation of this section.E\n\nThe State Corporation Commission and the Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity shall by January 1, 2020, establish one or more processes by which data or information relevant to the Program can be collected and exchanged electronically.F\n\nAny person requiring permits that have been incorporated into the Program may submit a comprehensive application to the Department requesting the issuance of the permits. The comprehensive application form shall contain in consolidated form information necessary for the issuance of the permits.G\n\nThe applicant, if not a veteran, shall include with the application the handling fee established by the Department. An applicant who is a veteran shall be exempt from payment of the handling fee prescribed by this subsection. The amount of the handling fee assessed against the applicant shall be set by the Department at a level necessary to cover the costs of administering the comprehensive permitting program.H\n\nThe authority for approving the issuance and renewal of any requested permit that requires investigation, inspection, testing, or other judgmental review by the regulatory agency otherwise legally authorized to issue the permit shall remain with that agency. The Center may issue those permits for which proper fee payment and a completed application form have been received and for which no approval action is required by the regulatory agency.I\n\nUpon receipt of the application, and proper fee payment for any permit for which issuance is subject to regulatory agency action under subsection H, the Department shall immediately notify the State Corporation Commission or the regulatory agency with authority to approve the permit issuance or renewal requested by the applicant. The State Corporation Commission or the regulatory agency shall advise the Department within a reasonable time after receiving the notice of one of the following:1\n\nThat the State Corporation Commission or the regulatory agency approves the issuance of the requested permit and will advise the applicant of any specific conditions required for issuing the permit;2\n\nThat the State Corporation Commission or the regulatory agency denies the issuance of the permit and gives the applicant reasons for the denial;3\n\nThat the application is pending; or4\n\nThat the application is incomplete and further information from or action by the applicant is necessary.J\n\nThe Department shall issue a comprehensive permit endorsed for all the approved permits to the applicant and advise the applicant of the status of other requested permits. The applicant shall be responsible for contesting any decision regarding conditions imposed or permits denied through the normal process established by statute or by the State Corporation Commission or the regulatory agency with the authority for approving the issuance of the permit.K\n\nRegulatory agencies shall be provided information from the comprehensive application for their permitting and regulatory functions.L\n\nThe Department shall be responsible for directing the applicant to make all payments for applicable fees established by the regulatory agency directly to the proper agency.M\n\nThere is hereby created in the state treasury a special nonreverting fund to be known as the Comprehensive Permitting Fund, hereafter referred to as “the Fund.” The Fund shall be established on the books of the Comptroller. The Fund shall consist of all moneys collected from the handling fee established by the Department pursuant to subsection G and such other funds as may be appropriated by the General Assembly. Interest earned on moneys in the Fund shall remain in the Fund and be credited to it. Any moneys remaining in the Fund, including interest thereon, at the end of each fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund but shall remain in the Fund. Moneys in the Fund shall be used solely to administer the Program. Expenditures and disbursements from the Fund shall be made by the State Treasurer on warrants issued by the Comptroller upon written request signed by the Director of the Department.N\n\nUnless otherwise directed by the regulatory agency, the Department shall not issue or renew a comprehensive permit to any person under any of the following circumstances:1\n\nThe person does not have a valid tax registration, if required;2\n\nThe person is a corporation, limited liability company, business trust, limited partnership, or registered limited liability partnership that (i) is delinquent in the payment of fees or penalties collected by the State Corporation Commission pursuant to the business entity statutes it administers, (ii) does not exist, or (iii) is not authorized to transact business in the Commonwealth pursuant to one of the business entity statutes administered by the State Corporation Commission; or3\n\nThe person has not submitted the sum of all fees and deposits required for the requested individual permit endorsements, any outstanding comprehensive permit delinquency fee, or other fees and penalties to be collected through the comprehensive permitting program.O\n\nThe Department shall develop and provide guidance to businesses with newly approved permits regarding responsibilities and requirements for maintaining such business. Such guidance shall include information regarding sales tax and unemployment tax requirements, workers’ compensation insurance requirements, and postings required by the Virginia Department of Labor and Industry and the U.S. Department of Labor. Any guidance provided for in this subsection may be provided electronically.P\n\nThe Department may adopt regulations in accordance with § 2.2-1606 as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this section.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":213625,"text":"As used in this article, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t\t“Business Permitting Center” or “Center” means the business registration and permitting center established by this section and located in and under the administrative control of the Department.\n\t\t\t“Comprehensive application” means a document incorporating pertinent data from existing applications for permits covered under this section.\n\t\t\t“Comprehensive permit” means the single document designed for public display issued by the Business Permitting Center that certifies state agency permit approval and that incorporates the endorsements for individual permits included in the comprehensive permitting program.\n\t\t\t“Comprehensive permitting program” or “Program” means the mechanism by which comprehensive permits are issued and renewed, permit and regulatory information is disseminated, and account data is exchanged by state agencies.\n\t\t\t“Permit” means the whole or part of any state agency permit, license, certificate, approval, registration, charter, or any form or permission required by law, to engage in activity associated with or involving the establishment of a small business in the Commonwealth.\n\t\t\t“Permit information packet” means a collection of information about permitting requirements and application procedures custom assembled for each request.\n\t\t\t“Regulatory” means all permitting and other governmental or statutory requirements establishing a small business or professional activities associated with establishing a small business.\n\t\t\t“Regulatory agency” means any state agency, board, commission, or division that regulates one or more professions, occupations, industries, businesses, or activities.\n\t\t\t“Renewal application” means a document used to collect pertinent data for renewal of permits covered under this section.\n\t\t\t“Small business” means an independently owned and operated business that, together with affiliates, has 250 or fewer employees or average annual gross receipts of $10 million or less averaged over the previous three years.\n\t\t\t“Veteran” means an individual who has served in the active military, naval, or air service and who was discharged or released therefrom under conditions other than dishonorable.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":213626,"text":"There is created within the Department the comprehensive permitting program (the Program). The Program is established to serve as a single access point to aid entrepreneurs in filling out the various permit applications associated with establishing a small business in Virginia. The Program in no way supersedes or supplants any regulatory authority granted to any state agency with permits covered by this section. As part of the Program, the Department shall coordinate with the regulatory agency, and the regulatory agency shall determine, consistent with applicable law, what types of permits are appropriate for inclusion in the Program as well as the rules governing the submission of and payment for those permits. The website of the Department shall provide access to information regarding the Program. The Department shall have the power and duty to:","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A","next_prefix":"B1"},"2":{"id":213627,"text":"Create a comprehensive application that will allow an entrepreneur, or an agent thereof, seeking to establish a small business, to create accounts that will allow them to acquire the appropriate permits required in the Commonwealth. The comprehensive application shall:\n\t\t\t\ta. Allow the business owner to choose a business type and to provide common information, such as name, address, and telephone number, on the front page, eliminating the need to repeatedly provide common information on each permit application;\n\t\t\t\tb. Allow the business owner to preview and answer questions related to the operation of the business;\n\t\t\t\tc. Provide business owners with a customized to-do agency checklist, which checklist shall provide the permit applications pertinent to each business type and provide the rules, regulations, and general laws applicable to each business type as well as local licensing information;\n\t\t\t\td. Allow the business owner to submit permit applications by electronic means as authorized by § 59.1-496 and to affix thereto his electronic signature as defined in § 59.1-480;\n\t\t\t\te. Allow the business owner to check on the status of applications online and to receive information from the permitting agencies electronically; and\n\t\t\t\tf. Allow a business owner to submit electronic payment of application or permitting fees for applications that have been accepted by the permitting agency.","type":"section","prefixes":["B","1"],"prefix":"1","entire_prefix":"B1","prefix_anchor":"B1","level":2,"prior_prefix":"B","next_prefix":"B2"},"3":{"id":213628,"text":"Develop and administer a computerized system program capable of storing, retrieving, and exchanging permit information while protecting the confidentiality of information submitted to the Department to the extent allowable by law. Information submitted to the Department shall be subject to the provisions of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (§ 2.2-3700 et seq.) as the same would apply were the information submitted directly to the Department or to any permitting agency.","type":"section","prefixes":["B","2"],"prefix":"2","entire_prefix":"B2","prefix_anchor":"B2","level":2,"prior_prefix":"B1","next_prefix":"B3"},"4":{"id":213629,"text":"Issue and renew comprehensive permits in an efficient manner.","type":"section","prefixes":["B","3"],"prefix":"3","entire_prefix":"B3","prefix_anchor":"B3","level":2,"prior_prefix":"B2","next_prefix":"B4"},"5":{"id":213630,"text":"Identify the types of permits appropriate for inclusion in the Program. The Department shall coordinate with the regulatory agency, and the regulatory agency shall determine, consistent with applicable law, what types of permits are appropriate for inclusion in the Program.","type":"section","prefixes":["B","4"],"prefix":"4","entire_prefix":"B4","prefix_anchor":"B4","level":2,"prior_prefix":"B3","next_prefix":"B5"},"6":{"id":213631,"text":"Incorporate permits into the Program.","type":"section","prefixes":["B","5"],"prefix":"5","entire_prefix":"B5","prefix_anchor":"B5","level":2,"prior_prefix":"B4","next_prefix":"B6"},"7":{"id":213632,"text":"Do all acts necessary or convenient to carry out the purposes of this chapter.","type":"section","prefixes":["B","6"],"prefix":"6","entire_prefix":"B6","prefix_anchor":"B6","level":2,"prior_prefix":"B5","next_prefix":"C"},"8":{"id":213633,"text":"Regulatory agencies shall, by November 30 of each year, provide the Department with information outlining any changes to the agency’s policies and regulations. The Business Permitting Center shall compile information regarding the regulatory programs associated with each of the permits obtainable under the Program. This information shall include, at a minimum, a listing of the statutes and administrative rules requiring the permits and pertaining to the regulatory programs that are directly related to the permit. The Center shall provide information governed by this section to any person requesting it. Materials used by the Center to describe the services provided by the Center shall indicate that this information is available upon request.","type":"section","prefixes":["C"],"prefix":"C","entire_prefix":"C","prefix_anchor":"C","level":1,"prior_prefix":"B6","next_prefix":"D"},"9":{"id":213634,"text":"Each state agency shall cooperate and provide reasonable assistance to the Department in the implementation of this section.","type":"section","prefixes":["D"],"prefix":"D","entire_prefix":"D","prefix_anchor":"D","level":1,"prior_prefix":"C","next_prefix":"E"},"10":{"id":213635,"text":"The State Corporation Commission and the Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity shall by January 1, 2020, establish one or more processes by which data or information relevant to the Program can be collected and exchanged electronically.","type":"section","prefixes":["E"],"prefix":"E","entire_prefix":"E","prefix_anchor":"E","level":1,"prior_prefix":"D","next_prefix":"F"},"11":{"id":213636,"text":"Any person requiring permits that have been incorporated into the Program may submit a comprehensive application to the Department requesting the issuance of the permits. The comprehensive application form shall contain in consolidated form information necessary for the issuance of the permits.","type":"section","prefixes":["F"],"prefix":"F","entire_prefix":"F","prefix_anchor":"F","level":1,"prior_prefix":"E","next_prefix":"G"},"12":{"id":213637,"text":"The applicant, if not a veteran, shall include with the application the handling fee established by the Department. An applicant who is a veteran shall be exempt from payment of the handling fee prescribed by this subsection. The amount of the handling fee assessed against the applicant shall be set by the Department at a level necessary to cover the costs of administering the comprehensive permitting program.","type":"section","prefixes":["G"],"prefix":"G","entire_prefix":"G","prefix_anchor":"G","level":1,"prior_prefix":"F","next_prefix":"H"},"13":{"id":213638,"text":"The authority for approving the issuance and renewal of any requested permit that requires investigation, inspection, testing, or other judgmental review by the regulatory agency otherwise legally authorized to issue the permit shall remain with that agency. 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The State Corporation Commission or the regulatory agency shall advise the Department within a reasonable time after receiving the notice of one of the following:","type":"section","prefixes":["I"],"prefix":"I","entire_prefix":"I","prefix_anchor":"I","level":1,"prior_prefix":"H","next_prefix":"I1"},"15":{"id":213640,"text":"That the State Corporation Commission or the regulatory agency approves the issuance of the requested permit and will advise the applicant of any specific conditions required for issuing the permit;","type":"section","prefixes":["I","1"],"prefix":"1","entire_prefix":"I1","prefix_anchor":"I1","level":2,"prior_prefix":"I","next_prefix":"I2"},"16":{"id":213641,"text":"That the State Corporation Commission or the regulatory agency denies the issuance of the permit and gives the applicant reasons for the denial;","type":"section","prefixes":["I","2"],"prefix":"2","entire_prefix":"I2","prefix_anchor":"I2","level":2,"prior_prefix":"I1","next_prefix":"I3"},"17":{"id":213642,"text":"That the application is pending; or","type":"section","prefixes":["I","3"],"prefix":"3","entire_prefix":"I3","prefix_anchor":"I3","level":2,"prior_prefix":"I2","next_prefix":"I4"},"18":{"id":213643,"text":"That the application is incomplete and further information from or action by the applicant is necessary.","type":"section","prefixes":["I","4"],"prefix":"4","entire_prefix":"I4","prefix_anchor":"I4","level":2,"prior_prefix":"I3","next_prefix":"J"},"19":{"id":213644,"text":"The Department shall issue a comprehensive permit endorsed for all the approved permits to the applicant and advise the applicant of the status of other requested permits. The applicant shall be responsible for contesting any decision regarding conditions imposed or permits denied through the normal process established by statute or by the State Corporation Commission or the regulatory agency with the authority for approving the issuance of the permit.","type":"section","prefixes":["J"],"prefix":"J","entire_prefix":"J","prefix_anchor":"J","level":1,"prior_prefix":"I4","next_prefix":"K"},"20":{"id":213645,"text":"Regulatory agencies shall be provided information from the comprehensive application for their permitting and regulatory functions.","type":"section","prefixes":["K"],"prefix":"K","entire_prefix":"K","prefix_anchor":"K","level":1,"prior_prefix":"J","next_prefix":"L"},"21":{"id":213646,"text":"The Department shall be responsible for directing the applicant to make all payments for applicable fees established by the regulatory agency directly to the proper agency.","type":"section","prefixes":["L"],"prefix":"L","entire_prefix":"L","prefix_anchor":"L","level":1,"prior_prefix":"K","next_prefix":"M"},"22":{"id":213647,"text":"There is hereby created in the state treasury a special nonreverting fund to be known as the Comprehensive Permitting Fund, hereafter referred to as “the Fund.” The Fund shall be established on the books of the Comptroller. 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Such guidance shall include information regarding sales tax and unemployment tax requirements, workers’ compensation insurance requirements, and postings required by the Virginia Department of Labor and Industry and the U.S. Department of Labor. 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This law was first created in 2013. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 155<\/a>, 206<\/a>, and 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. It has been modified 3 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 2014, chapter 758<\/a>; in 2018, chapter 218<\/a>; in 2020, chapter 750<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":64046,"section_number":"2.2-1606","catch_line":"Powers of Director","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-1606\/"},{"id":55569,"section_number":"2.2-3700","catch_line":"Short title; policy","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-3700\/"},{"id":69066,"section_number":"59.1-480","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/59.1-480\/"},{"id":81914,"section_number":"59.1-496","catch_line":"Acceptance and distribution of electronic records by public bodies; electronic filing of information permitted","order_by":null,"url":"\/59.1-496\/"}],"permalink":{"id":173131,"object_type":"law","relational_id":58329,"identifier":"2.2-1617","token":"2.2\/I\/C\/16.1\/3\/2.2-1617","url":"\/2.2-1617\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/2.2-1617\/","token":"2.2\/I\/C\/16.1\/3\/2.2-1617","dublin_core":{"Title":"One-stop small business permitting program","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 2.2-1617","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> As used in this article, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t\t“Business Permitting Center<\/span>” or “Center” means the business registration and permitting center established by this section and located in and under the administrative control of the Department<\/span>.\n\t\t\t“Comprehensive application<\/span>” means a document incorporating pertinent data from existing applications for permits covered under this section.\n\t\t\t“Comprehensive permit<\/span>” means the single document designed for public display issued by the Business Permitting Center<\/span> that certifies state agency<\/span> permit approval and that incorporates the endorsements for individual permits included in the comprehensive permitting program<\/span>.\n\t\t\t“Comprehensive permitting program<\/span>” or “Program” means the mechanism by which comprehensive permits<\/span> are issued and renewed, permit and regulatory information is disseminated, and account data is exchanged by state agencies.\n\t\t\t“Permit” means the whole or part of any state agency<\/span> permit, license, certificate, approval, registration, charter, or any form or permission required by law<\/span>, to engage in activity associated with or involving the establishment of a small business<\/span> in the Commonwealth.\n\t\t\t“Permit information packet<\/span>” means a collection of information about permitting requirements and application procedures custom assembled for each request.\n\t\t\t“Regulatory” means all permitting and other governmental or statutory requirements establishing a small business<\/span> or professional activities associated with establishing a small business<\/span>.\n\t\t\t“Regulatory agency<\/span>” means any state agency<\/span>, board, commission, or division that regulates one or more professions, occupations, industries, businesses, or activities.\n\t\t\t“Renewal application<\/span>” means a document used to collect pertinent data for renewal of permits covered under this section.\n\t\t\t“Small business<\/span>” means an independently owned and operated business that, together with affiliates, has 250 or fewer employees or average annual gross receipts of $10 million or less averaged over the previous three years.\n\t\t\t“Veteran<\/span>” means an individual who has served in the active military, naval, or air service and who was discharged or released therefrom under conditions other than dishonorable. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> There is created within the Department<\/span> the comprehensive permitting program<\/span> (the Program). The Program is established to serve as a single access point to aid entrepreneurs in filling out the various permit applications associated with establishing a small business<\/span> in Virginia. The Program in no way supersedes or supplants any regulatory authority granted to any state agency<\/span> with permits covered by this section. As part of the Program, the Department<\/span> shall coordinate with the regulatory agency<\/span>, and the regulatory agency<\/span> shall determine, consistent with applicable law<\/span>, what types of permits are appropriate for inclusion in the Program as well as the rules governing the submission of and payment for those permits. The website of the Department<\/span> shall provide access to information regarding the Program. The Department<\/span> shall have the power and duty to: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> Create a comprehensive application<\/span> that will allow an entrepreneur, or an agent thereof, seeking to establish a small business<\/span>, to create accounts that will allow them to acquire the appropriate permits required in the Commonwealth. The comprehensive application<\/span> shall:\n\t\t\t\ta. Allow the business owner to choose a business type and to provide common information, such as name, address, and telephone number, on the front page, eliminating the need to repeatedly provide common information on each permit application;\n\t\t\t\tb. Allow the business owner to preview and answer questions related to the operation of the business;\n\t\t\t\tc. Provide business owners with a customized to-do agency checklist, which checklist shall provide the permit applications pertinent to each business type and provide the rules, regulations, and general laws<\/span> applicable to each business type as well as local licensing information;\n\t\t\t\td. Allow the business owner to submit permit applications by electronic means as authorized by § 59.1-496<\/a> and to affix thereto his electronic signature as defined in § 59.1-480<\/a>;\n\t\t\t\te. Allow the business owner to check on the status of applications online and to receive information from the permitting agencies electronically; and\n\t\t\t\tf. Allow a business owner to submit electronic payment of application or permitting fees for applications that have been accepted by the permitting agency. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> Develop and administer a computerized system program capable of storing, retrieving, and exchanging permit information while protecting the confidentiality of information submitted to the Department<\/span> to the extent allowable by law<\/span>. Information submitted to the Department<\/span> shall be subject to the provisions of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (§ 2.2-3700<\/a> et seq.) as the same would apply were the information submitted directly to the Department<\/span> or to any permitting agency. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> Issue<\/span> and renew comprehensive permits<\/span> in an efficient manner. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

4.<\/span> Identify the types of permits appropriate for inclusion in the Program. The Department<\/span> shall coordinate with the regulatory agency<\/span>, and the regulatory agency<\/span> shall determine, consistent with applicable law<\/span>, what types of permits are appropriate for inclusion in the Program. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

5.<\/span> Incorporate permits into the Program. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

6.<\/span> Do all acts necessary or convenient to carry out the purposes of this chapter. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> Regulatory agencies shall, by November 30 of each year, provide the Department<\/span> with information outlining any changes to the agency’s policies and regulations. The Business Permitting Center<\/span> shall compile information regarding the regulatory programs<\/span> associated with each of the permits obtainable under the Program. This information shall include, at a minimum, a listing of the statutes<\/span> and administrative rules requiring the permits and pertaining to the regulatory programs<\/span> that are directly related to the permit. The Center shall provide information governed by this section to any person requesting it. Materials<\/span> used by the Center to describe the services provided by the Center shall indicate that this information is available upon request. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

D.<\/span> Each state agency<\/span> shall cooperate and provide reasonable assistance to the Department<\/span> in the implementation of this section. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

E.<\/span> The State Corporation Commission and the Department<\/span> of Small Business<\/span> and Supplier Diversity shall by January 1, 2020, establish one or more processes by which data or information relevant to the Program can be collected and exchanged electronically. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

F.<\/span> Any person requiring permits that have been incorporated into the Program may submit a comprehensive application<\/span> to the Department<\/span> requesting the issuance of the permits. The comprehensive application<\/span> form shall contain in consolidated form information necessary for the issuance of the permits. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

G.<\/span> The applicant, if not a veteran<\/span>, shall include with the application the handling fee established by the Department<\/span>. An applicant who is a veteran<\/span> shall be exempt from payment of the handling fee prescribed by this subsection. The amount of the handling fee assessed against the applicant shall be set by the Department<\/span> at a level necessary to cover the costs of administering the comprehensive permitting program<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

H.<\/span> The authority for approving the issuance and renewal of any requested permit that requires investigation, inspection, testing, or other judgmental review by the regulatory agency<\/span> otherwise legally authorized to issue<\/span> the permit shall remain with that agency. The Center may issue<\/span> those permits for which proper fee payment and a completed application form have been received and for which no approval action is required by the regulatory agency<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

I.<\/span> Upon receipt of the application, and proper fee payment for any permit for which issuance is subject to regulatory agency<\/span> action under subsection H, the Department<\/span> shall immediately notify the State Corporation Commission or the regulatory agency<\/span> with authority to approve the permit issuance or renewal requested by the applicant. The State Corporation Commission or the regulatory agency<\/span> shall advise the Department<\/span> within a reasonable time after receiving the notice of one of the following: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> That the State Corporation Commission or the regulatory agency<\/span> approves the issuance of the requested permit and will advise the applicant of any specific conditions required for issuing the permit; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> That the State Corporation Commission or the regulatory agency<\/span> denies the issuance of the permit and gives the applicant reasons for the denial; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> That the application is pending; or <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

4.<\/span> That the application is incomplete and further information from or action by the applicant is necessary. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

J.<\/span> The Department<\/span> shall issue<\/span> a comprehensive permit<\/span> endorsed for all the approved permits to the applicant and advise the applicant of the status of other requested permits. The applicant shall be responsible for contesting any decision regarding conditions imposed or permits denied through the normal process established by statute<\/span> or by the State Corporation Commission or the regulatory agency<\/span> with the authority for approving the issuance of the permit. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

K.<\/span> Regulatory agencies shall be provided information from the comprehensive application<\/span> for their permitting and regulatory functions. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

L.<\/span> The Department<\/span> shall be responsible for directing the applicant to make all payments for applicable fees established by the regulatory agency<\/span> directly to the proper agency. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

M.<\/span> There is hereby created in the state treasury a special nonreverting fund to be known as the Comprehensive Permitting Fund, hereafter referred to as “the Fund.” The Fund shall be established on the books of the Comptroller. The Fund shall consist of all moneys collected from the handling fee established by the Department<\/span> pursuant to subsection G and such other funds as may be appropriated by the General Assembly. Interest earned on moneys in the Fund shall remain in the Fund and be credited to it. Any moneys remaining in the Fund, including interest thereon, at the end of each fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund but shall remain in the Fund. Moneys in the Fund shall be used solely to administer the Program. Expenditures and disbursements from the Fund shall be made by the State Treasurer on warrants issued by the Comptroller upon written request signed by the Director of the Department<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

N.<\/span> Unless otherwise directed by the regulatory agency<\/span>, the Department<\/span> shall not issue<\/span> or renew a comprehensive permit<\/span> to any person under any of the following circumstances: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> The person does not have a valid tax registration, if required; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> The person is a corporation, limited liability company, business trust, limited partnership, or registered limited liability partnership that (i) is delinquent in the payment of fees or penalties collected by the State Corporation Commission pursuant to the business entity statutes<\/span> it administers, (ii) does not exist, or (iii) is not authorized to transact business in the Commonwealth pursuant to one of the business entity statutes<\/span> administered by the State Corporation Commission; or <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> The person has not submitted the sum of all fees and deposits required for the requested individual permit endorsements, any outstanding comprehensive permit<\/span> delinquency fee, or other fees and penalties to be collected through the comprehensive permitting program<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

O.<\/span> The Department<\/span> shall develop and provide guidance to businesses with newly approved permits regarding responsibilities and requirements for maintaining such business. Such guidance shall include information regarding sales tax and unemployment tax requirements, workers’ compensation insurance requirements, and postings required by the Virginia Department<\/span> of Labor and Industry and the U.S. Department<\/span> of Labor. Any guidance provided for in this subsection may be provided electronically. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

P.<\/span> The Department<\/span> may adopt regulations in accordance with § 2.2-1606<\/a> as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this section. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nONE-STOP SMALL BUSINESS PERMITTING PROGRAM (\u00a7 2.2-1617)\n\nA. As used in this article, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t\t“Business Permitting Center” or “Center” means the\nbusiness registration and permitting center established by this section and\nlocated in and under the administrative control of the Department.\n\t\t\t“Comprehensive application” means a document incorporating\npertinent data from existing applications for permits covered under this\nsection.\n\t\t\t“Comprehensive permit” means the single document designed for\npublic display issued by the Business Permitting Center that certifies state\nagency permit approval and that incorporates the endorsements for individual\npermits included in the comprehensive permitting program.\n\t\t\t“Comprehensive permitting program” or “Program” means\nthe mechanism by which comprehensive permits are issued and renewed, permit and\nregulatory information is disseminated, and account data is exchanged by state\nagencies.\n\t\t\t“Permit” means the whole or part of any state agency permit,\nlicense, certificate, approval, registration, charter, or any form or permission\nrequired by law, to engage in activity associated with or involving the\nestablishment of a small business in the Commonwealth.\n\t\t\t“Permit information packet” means a collection of information\nabout permitting requirements and application procedures custom assembled for\neach request.\n\t\t\t“Regulatory” means all permitting and other governmental or\nstatutory requirements establishing a small business or professional activities\nassociated with establishing a small business.\n\t\t\t“Regulatory agency” means any state agency, board, commission, or\ndivision that regulates one or more professions, occupations, industries,\nbusinesses, or activities.\n\t\t\t“Renewal application” means a document used to collect pertinent\ndata for renewal of permits covered under this section.\n\t\t\t“Small business” means an independently owned and operated\nbusiness that, together with affiliates, has 250 or fewer employees or average\nannual gross receipts of $10 million or less averaged over the previous three\nyears.\n\t\t\t“Veteran” means an individual who has served in the active\nmilitary, naval, or air service and who was discharged or released therefrom\nunder conditions other than dishonorable.\n\nB. There is created within the Department the comprehensive permitting program\n(the Program). The Program is established to serve as a single access point to\naid entrepreneurs in filling out the various permit applications associated with\nestablishing a small business in Virginia. The Program in no way supersedes or\nsupplants any regulatory authority granted to any state agency with permits\ncovered by this section. As part of the Program, the Department shall coordinate\nwith the regulatory agency, and the regulatory agency shall determine,\nconsistent with applicable law, what types of permits are appropriate for\ninclusion in the Program as well as the rules governing the submission of and\npayment for those permits. The website of the Department shall provide access to\ninformation regarding the Program. The Department shall have the power and duty\nto:\n\n 1. Create a comprehensive application that will allow an entrepreneur, or an\n agent thereof, seeking to establish a small business, to create accounts that\n will allow them to acquire the appropriate permits required in the\n Commonwealth. The comprehensive application shall:\n \t\t\t\ta. Allow the business owner to choose a business type and to provide\n common information, such as name, address, and telephone number, on the front\n page, eliminating the need to repeatedly provide common information on each\n permit application;\n \t\t\t\tb. Allow the business owner to preview and answer questions related to the\n operation of the business;\n \t\t\t\tc. Provide business owners with a customized to-do agency checklist, which\n checklist shall provide the permit applications pertinent to each business\n type and provide the rules, regulations, and general laws applicable to each\n business type as well as local licensing information;\n \t\t\t\td. Allow the business owner to submit permit applications by electronic\n means as authorized by § 59.1-496 and to affix thereto his electronic\n signature as defined in § 59.1-480;\n \t\t\t\te. Allow the business owner to check on the status of applications online\n and to receive information from the permitting agencies electronically; and\n \t\t\t\tf. Allow a business owner to submit electronic payment of application or\n permitting fees for applications that have been accepted by the permitting\n agency.\n\n 2. Develop and administer a computerized system program capable of storing,\n retrieving, and exchanging permit information while protecting the\n confidentiality of information submitted to the Department to the extent\n allowable by law. Information submitted to the Department shall be subject to\n the provisions of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (§ 2.2-3700 et\n seq.) as the same would apply were the information submitted directly to the\n Department or to any permitting agency.\n\n 3. Issue and renew comprehensive permits in an efficient manner.\n\n 4. Identify the types of permits appropriate for inclusion in the Program. The\n Department shall coordinate with the regulatory agency, and the regulatory\n agency shall determine, consistent with applicable law, what types of permits\n are appropriate for inclusion in the Program.\n\n 5. Incorporate permits into the Program.\n\n 6. Do all acts necessary or convenient to carry out the purposes of this\n chapter.\n\nC. Regulatory agencies shall, by November 30 of each year, provide the\nDepartment with information outlining any changes to the agency’s policies\nand regulations. The Business Permitting Center shall compile information\nregarding the regulatory programs associated with each of the permits obtainable\nunder the Program. This information shall include, at a minimum, a listing of\nthe statutes and administrative rules requiring the permits and pertaining to\nthe regulatory programs that are directly related to the permit. The Center\nshall provide information governed by this section to any person requesting it.\nMaterials used by the Center to describe the services provided by the Center\nshall indicate that this information is available upon request.\n\nD. Each state agency shall cooperate and provide reasonable assistance to the\nDepartment in the implementation of this section.\n\nE. The State Corporation Commission and the Department of Small Business and\nSupplier Diversity shall by January 1, 2020, establish one or more processes by\nwhich data or information relevant to the Program can be collected and exchanged\nelectronically.\n\nF. Any person requiring permits that have been incorporated into the Program may\nsubmit a comprehensive application to the Department requesting the issuance of\nthe permits. The comprehensive application form shall contain in consolidated\nform information necessary for the issuance of the permits.\n\nG. The applicant, if not a veteran, shall include with the application the\nhandling fee established by the Department. An applicant who is a veteran shall\nbe exempt from payment of the handling fee prescribed by this subsection. The\namount of the handling fee assessed against the applicant shall be set by the\nDepartment at a level necessary to cover the costs of administering the\ncomprehensive permitting program.\n\nH. The authority for approving the issuance and renewal of any requested permit\nthat requires investigation, inspection, testing, or other judgmental review by\nthe regulatory agency otherwise legally authorized to issue the permit shall\nremain with that agency. The Center may issue those permits for which proper fee\npayment and a completed application form have been received and for which no\napproval action is required by the regulatory agency.\n\nI. Upon receipt of the application, and proper fee payment for any permit for\nwhich issuance is subject to regulatory agency action under subsection H, the\nDepartment shall immediately notify the State Corporation Commission or the\nregulatory agency with authority to approve the permit issuance or renewal\nrequested by the applicant. The State Corporation Commission or the regulatory\nagency shall advise the Department within a reasonable time after receiving the\nnotice of one of the following:\n\n 1. That the State Corporation Commission or the regulatory agency approves the\n issuance of the requested permit and will advise the applicant of any specific\n conditions required for issuing the permit;\n\n 2. That the State Corporation Commission or the regulatory agency denies the\n issuance of the permit and gives the applicant reasons for the denial;\n\n 3. That the application is pending; or\n\n 4. That the application is incomplete and further information from or action\n by the applicant is necessary.\n\nJ. The Department shall issue a comprehensive permit endorsed for all the\napproved permits to the applicant and advise the applicant of the status of\nother requested permits. The applicant shall be responsible for contesting any\ndecision regarding conditions imposed or permits denied through the normal\nprocess established by statute or by the State Corporation Commission or the\nregulatory agency with the authority for approving the issuance of the permit.\n\nK. Regulatory agencies shall be provided information from the comprehensive\napplication for their permitting and regulatory functions.\n\nL. The Department shall be responsible for directing the applicant to make all\npayments for applicable fees established by the regulatory agency directly to\nthe proper agency.\n\nM. There is hereby created in the state treasury a special nonreverting fund to\nbe known as the Comprehensive Permitting Fund, hereafter referred to as\n“the Fund.” The Fund shall be established on the books of the\nComptroller. The Fund shall consist of all moneys collected from the handling\nfee established by the Department pursuant to subsection G and such other funds\nas may be appropriated by the General Assembly. Interest earned on moneys in the\nFund shall remain in the Fund and be credited to it. Any moneys remaining in the\nFund, including interest thereon, at the end of each fiscal year shall not\nrevert to the general fund but shall remain in the Fund. Moneys in the Fund\nshall be used solely to administer the Program. Expenditures and disbursements\nfrom the Fund shall be made by the State Treasurer on warrants issued by the\nComptroller upon written request signed by the Director of the Department.\n\nN. Unless otherwise directed by the regulatory agency, the Department shall not\nissue or renew a comprehensive permit to any person under any of the following\ncircumstances:\n\n 1. The person does not have a valid tax registration, if required;\n\n 2. The person is a corporation, limited liability company, business trust,\n limited partnership, or registered limited liability partnership that (i) is\n delinquent in the payment of fees or penalties collected by the State\n Corporation Commission pursuant to the business entity statutes it\n administers, (ii) does not exist, or (iii) is not authorized to transact\n business in the Commonwealth pursuant to one of the business entity statutes\n administered by the State Corporation Commission; or\n\n 3. The person has not submitted the sum of all fees and deposits required for\n the requested individual permit endorsements, any outstanding comprehensive\n permit delinquency fee, or other fees and penalties to be collected through\n the comprehensive permitting program.\n\nO. The Department shall develop and provide guidance to businesses with newly\napproved permits regarding responsibilities and requirements for maintaining\nsuch business. Such guidance shall include information regarding sales tax and\nunemployment tax requirements, workers’ compensation insurance\nrequirements, and postings required by the Virginia Department of Labor and\nIndustry and the U.S. Department of Labor. Any guidance provided for in this\nsubsection may be provided electronically.\n\nP. The Department may adopt regulations in accordance with § 2.2-1606 as\nmay be necessary to carry out the purposes of this section.\n\nHISTORY: 2013, cc. 155, 206, 482; 2014, c. 758; 2018, c. 218; 2020, c. 750.","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}}