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An advisory board, commission or council serves as a formal liaison between the agency or office and the public to ensure that the agency or office understands public concerns and that the activities of the agency or office are communicated to the public. An advisory board, commission or council does not serve a regulatory or rule-making purpose. It may participate in the development of public policy by providing comment and advice.\n\t\t\t“Policy” — A board, commission or council shall be classified as policy if it is specifically charged by statute to promulgate public policies or regulations. It may also be charged with adjudicating violations of those policies or regulations. Specific functions of the board, commission or council may include, but are not limited to, rate setting, distributing federal funds, and adjudicating regulatory or statutory violations, but each power shall be enumerated by law. Policy boards, commissions or councils are not responsible for supervising agencies or employing personnel. They may review and comment on agency budget requests.\n\t\t\t“Supervisory” — A board, commission, or council shall be classified as supervisory if it is responsible for agency operations including approval of requests for appropriations. A supervisory board, commission, or council appoints the agency director and ensures that the agency director complies with all board and statutory directives. The agency director is subordinate to the board. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Education shall be considered a supervisory board.B\n\nEach executive branch board, commission or council shall be assigned only one of the above classifications. The classification for boards and councils that are created by law shall be designated by the enabling legislation. 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This law was first created in 1985. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 419 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 1985 \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. 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A.<\/span> Effective July 1, 1986, every collegial body established by law<\/span> or executive order<\/span> within the executive branch of state government shall be classified according to its level of authority as follows:\n\t\t\t“Advisory” — A board, commission or council shall be classified as advisory when its purpose is to provide advice and comment to an executive branch agency or office. An advisory board, commission or council serves as a formal liaison between the agency or office and the public to ensure that the agency or office understands public concerns and that the activities of the agency or office are communicated to the public. An advisory board, commission or council does not serve a regulatory or rule-making purpose. It may participate in the development of public policy by providing comment and advice.\n\t\t\t“Policy” — A board, commission or council shall be classified as policy if it is specifically charged by statute<\/span> to promulgate public policies or regulations. It may also be charged with adjudicating violations of those policies or regulations. Specific functions of the board, commission or council may include, but are not limited to, rate setting, distributing federal funds, and adjudicating regulatory or statutory violations, but each power shall be enumerated by law<\/span>. Policy boards, commissions or councils are not responsible for supervising agencies or employing personnel. They may review and comment on agency budget requests.\n\t\t\t“Supervisory” — A board, commission, or council shall be classified as supervisory if it is responsible for agency operations including approval of requests for appropriations. A supervisory board, commission, or council appoints the agency director and ensures that the agency director complies with all board and statutory directives. The agency director is subordinate to the board. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Education shall be considered a supervisory board. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Each executive branch board, commission or council shall be assigned only one of the above classifications. The classification for boards and councils that are created by law<\/span> shall be designated by the enabling legislation. The classification for commissions that are created by executive order<\/span> shall be designated by the executive order<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCLASSIFICATION OF EXECUTIVE BRANCH BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COUNCILS (\u00a7\n2.2-2100)\n\nA. Effective July 1, 1986, every collegial body established by law or executive\norder within the executive branch of state government shall be classified\naccording to its level of authority as follows:\n\t\t\t“Advisory” — A board, commission or council shall be\nclassified as advisory when its purpose is to provide advice and comment to an\nexecutive branch agency or office. An advisory board, commission or council\nserves as a formal liaison between the agency or office and the public to ensure\nthat the agency or office understands public concerns and that the activities of\nthe agency or office are communicated to the public. An advisory board,\ncommission or council does not serve a regulatory or rule-making purpose. It may\nparticipate in the development of public policy by providing comment and advice.\n\t\t\t“Policy” — A board, commission or council shall be\nclassified as policy if it is specifically charged by statute to promulgate\npublic policies or regulations. It may also be charged with adjudicating\nviolations of those policies or regulations. Specific functions of the board,\ncommission or council may include, but are not limited to, rate setting,\ndistributing federal funds, and adjudicating regulatory or statutory violations,\nbut each power shall be enumerated by law. Policy boards, commissions or\ncouncils are not responsible for supervising agencies or employing personnel.\nThey may review and comment on agency budget requests.\n\t\t\t“Supervisory” — A board, commission, or council shall be\nclassified as supervisory if it is responsible for agency operations including\napproval of requests for appropriations. A supervisory board, commission, or\ncouncil appoints the agency director and ensures that the agency director\ncomplies with all board and statutory directives. The agency director is\nsubordinate to the board. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Education\nshall be considered a supervisory board.\n\nB. Each executive branch board, commission or council shall be assigned only one\nof the above classifications. The classification for boards and councils that\nare created by law shall be designated by the enabling legislation. The\nclassification for commissions that are created by executive order shall be\ndesignated by the executive order.\n\nHISTORY: 1985, c. 419, \u00a7 9-6.25; 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}}