{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-json\/2.2-2236.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-text\/2.2-2236.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-xml\/2.2-2236.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-html\/2.2-2236.html"}],"law_id":76103,"edition_id":1,"section_id":76103,"structure_id":14474,"section_number":"2.2-2236","catch_line":"Powers and duties of the Chief Executive Officer","history":"1995, c. 638, \u00a7 2.1-548.32; 1996, cc. 590, 598; 1998, c. 359; 2001, c. 844; 2010, c. 869.","full_text":"The Chief Executive Officer shall employ or retain such agents or employees subordinate to the Chief Executive Officer as may be necessary to fulfill the duties of the Authority conferred upon the Chief Executive Officer, subject to the Board’s approval. Employees of the Authority shall be eligible for membership in the Virginia Retirement System and participation in all of the health and related insurance and other benefits, including premium conversion and flexible benefits, available to state employees as provided by law. The Chief Executive Officer shall also exercise such of the powers and duties relating to the direction of the Commonwealth’s economic development efforts conferred upon the Authority as may be delegated to him by the Board, including powers and duties involving the exercise of discretion. The Chief Executive Officer shall also exercise and perform such other powers and duties as may be lawfully delegated to him or as may be conferred or imposed upon him by law.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":273156,"text":"The Chief Executive Officer shall employ or retain such agents or employees subordinate to the Chief Executive Officer as may be necessary to fulfill the duties of the Authority conferred upon the Chief Executive Officer, subject to the Board’s approval. Employees of the Authority shall be eligible for membership in the Virginia Retirement System and participation in all of the health and related insurance and other benefits, including premium conversion and flexible benefits, available to state employees as provided by law. The Chief Executive Officer shall also exercise such of the powers and duties relating to the direction of the Commonwealth’s economic development efforts conferred upon the Authority as may be delegated to him by the Board, including powers and duties involving the exercise of discretion. The Chief Executive Officer shall also exercise and perform such other powers and duties as may be lawfully delegated to him or as may be conferred or imposed upon him by law.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":14474,"edition_id":1,"name":"Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority","identifier":"4","label":"article","depth":5,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13344,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:48:15","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:48:15","permalink":{"id":174259,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":14474,"identifier":"4","token":"2.2\/I\/D\/22\/4","url":"\/2.2\/I\/D\/22\/4\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":13344,"edition_id":1,"name":"Authorities","identifier":"22","label":"chapter","depth":4,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12785,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:41","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:41","permalink":{"id":173945,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13344,"identifier":"22","token":"2.2\/I\/D\/22","url":"\/2.2\/I\/D\/22\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12785,"edition_id":1,"name":"State Authorities, Boards, Commissions, Councils, Foundations and Other Collegial Bodies","identifier":"D","label":"part","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12784,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:53","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:53","permalink":{"id":173913,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12785,"identifier":"D","token":"2.2\/I\/D","url":"\/2.2\/I\/D\/","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":71466,"structure_id":14474,"section_number":"2.2-2234","catch_line":"Short title; declaration of public purpose; Authority created","url":"\/2.2-2234\/","token":"2.2\/I\/D\/22\/4\/2.2-2234","metadata":false},{"id":82244,"structure_id":14474,"section_number":"2.2-2235","catch_line":"Repealed","url":"\/2.2-2235\/","token":"2.2\/I\/D\/22\/4\/2.2-2235","metadata":false},{"id":57763,"structure_id":14474,"section_number":"2.2-2235.1","catch_line":"Board of directors; members and officers; Chief Executive Officer","url":"\/2.2-2235.1\/","token":"2.2\/I\/D\/22\/4\/2.2-2235.1","metadata":false},{"id":76103,"structure_id":14474,"section_number":"2.2-2236","catch_line":"Powers and duties of the Chief Executive Officer","url":"\/2.2-2236\/","token":"2.2\/I\/D\/22\/4\/2.2-2236","metadata":false},{"id":59928,"structure_id":14474,"section_number":"2.2-2236.1","catch_line":"Internal auditor; duties","url":"\/2.2-2236.1\/","token":"2.2\/I\/D\/22\/4\/2.2-2236.1","metadata":false},{"id":82287,"structure_id":14474,"section_number":"2.2-2237","catch_line":"Powers of Authority","url":"\/2.2-2237\/","token":"2.2\/I\/D\/22\/4\/2.2-2237","metadata":false},{"id":74531,"structure_id":14474,"section_number":"2.2-2237.1","catch_line":"Board of directors to develop strategic plan for economic development; marketing plan; operational plan; submission","url":"\/2.2-2237.1\/","token":"2.2\/I\/D\/22\/4\/2.2-2237.1","metadata":false},{"id":55858,"structure_id":14474,"section_number":"2.2-2237.2","catch_line":"Office of the Attorney General to provide instruction to Board","url":"\/2.2-2237.2\/","token":"2.2\/I\/D\/22\/4\/2.2-2237.2","metadata":false},{"id":57659,"structure_id":14474,"section_number":"2.2-2237.3","catch_line":"Division of Incentives","url":"\/2.2-2237.3\/","token":"2.2\/I\/D\/22\/4\/2.2-2237.3","metadata":false},{"id":80575,"structure_id":14474,"section_number":"2.2-2238","catch_line":"Economic development services","url":"\/2.2-2238\/","token":"2.2\/I\/D\/22\/4\/2.2-2238","metadata":false},{"id":59231,"structure_id":14474,"section_number":"2.2-2238.1","catch_line":"Repealed","url":"\/2.2-2238.1\/","token":"2.2\/I\/D\/22\/4\/2.2-2238.1","metadata":false},{"id":68142,"structure_id":14474,"section_number":"2.2-2239","catch_line":"Planning and research","url":"\/2.2-2239\/","token":"2.2\/I\/D\/22\/4\/2.2-2239","metadata":false},{"id":81200,"structure_id":14474,"section_number":"2.2-2239.1","catch_line":"Advisory Committee on Business Development and Marketing","url":"\/2.2-2239.1\/","token":"2.2\/I\/D\/22\/4\/2.2-2239.1","metadata":false},{"id":85170,"structure_id":14474,"section_number":"2.2-2239.2","catch_line":"Advisory Committee on International Trade","url":"\/2.2-2239.2\/","token":"2.2\/I\/D\/22\/4\/2.2-2239.2","metadata":false},{"id":73328,"structure_id":14474,"section_number":"2.2-2240","catch_line":"Nonstock corporation to assist economic development","url":"\/2.2-2240\/","token":"2.2\/I\/D\/22\/4\/2.2-2240","metadata":false},{"id":58846,"structure_id":14474,"section_number":"2.2-2240.1","catch_line":"Grants paid to the Authority to promote research, development, and commercialization of products","url":"\/2.2-2240.1\/","token":"2.2\/I\/D\/22\/4\/2.2-2240.1","metadata":false},{"id":84186,"structure_id":14474,"section_number":"2.2-2240.2","catch_line":"Repealed","url":"\/2.2-2240.2\/","token":"2.2\/I\/D\/22\/4\/2.2-2240.2","metadata":false},{"id":61025,"structure_id":14474,"section_number":"2.2-2240.2:1","catch_line":"Virginia Business Ready Sites Program Fund","url":"\/2.2-2240.2_1\/","token":"2.2\/I\/D\/22\/4\/2.2-2240.2_1","metadata":false},{"id":67862,"structure_id":14474,"section_number":"2.2-2240.2:2","catch_line":"(Expires June 30, 2028) Virginia Business Ready Expedited Permitting Program","url":"\/2.2-2240.2_2\/","token":"2.2\/I\/D\/22\/4\/2.2-2240.2_2","metadata":false},{"id":70905,"structure_id":14474,"section_number":"2.2-2240.3","catch_line":"Definitions; Virginia Jobs Investment Program and Fund; composition; general qualifications","url":"\/2.2-2240.3\/","token":"2.2\/I\/D\/22\/4\/2.2-2240.3","metadata":false},{"id":60629,"structure_id":14474,"section_number":"2.2-2240.4","catch_line":"Virginia New Jobs Program","url":"\/2.2-2240.4\/","token":"2.2\/I\/D\/22\/4\/2.2-2240.4","metadata":false},{"id":76902,"structure_id":14474,"section_number":"2.2-2240.5","catch_line":"Workforce Retraining Program","url":"\/2.2-2240.5\/","token":"2.2\/I\/D\/22\/4\/2.2-2240.5","metadata":false},{"id":76617,"structure_id":14474,"section_number":"2.2-2240.6","catch_line":"Small Business New Jobs and Retraining Programs","url":"\/2.2-2240.6\/","token":"2.2\/I\/D\/22\/4\/2.2-2240.6","metadata":false},{"id":68073,"structure_id":14474,"section_number":"2.2-2241","catch_line":"Moneys of Authority","url":"\/2.2-2241\/","token":"2.2\/I\/D\/22\/4\/2.2-2241","metadata":false},{"id":67421,"structure_id":14474,"section_number":"2.2-2242","catch_line":"Forms of accounts and records","url":"\/2.2-2242\/","token":"2.2\/I\/D\/22\/4\/2.2-2242","metadata":false},{"id":57058,"structure_id":14474,"section_number":"2.2-2243","catch_line":"Exemptions from taxes or assessments","url":"\/2.2-2243\/","token":"2.2\/I\/D\/22\/4\/2.2-2243","metadata":false},{"id":65043,"structure_id":14474,"section_number":"2.2-2244","catch_line":"Exemption of Authority from personnel and procurement procedures; adoption of procurement policies","url":"\/2.2-2244\/","token":"2.2\/I\/D\/22\/4\/2.2-2244","metadata":false},{"id":78223,"structure_id":14474,"section_number":"2.2-2245","catch_line":"Appropriations by any government","url":"\/2.2-2245\/","token":"2.2\/I\/D\/22\/4\/2.2-2245","metadata":false},{"id":80171,"structure_id":14474,"section_number":"2.2-2246","catch_line":"Conveyance, lease or transfer of property by a city or county to the Authority","url":"\/2.2-2246\/","token":"2.2\/I\/D\/22\/4\/2.2-2246","metadata":false}],"previous_section":{"id":57763,"structure_id":14474,"section_number":"2.2-2235.1","catch_line":"Board of directors; members and officers; Chief Executive Officer","url":"\/2.2-2235.1\/","token":"2.2\/I\/D\/22\/4\/2.2-2235.1","metadata":false},"next_section":{"id":59928,"structure_id":14474,"section_number":"2.2-2236.1","catch_line":"Internal auditor; duties","url":"\/2.2-2236.1\/","token":"2.2\/I\/D\/22\/4\/2.2-2236.1","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/2.2-2236\/","history_text":"

This law was first created in 1995. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 638<\/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 4 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 1996, chapters 590<\/a> and 598<\/a>; in 1998, chapter 359<\/a>; in 2001, chapter 844<\/a>; in 2010, chapter 869<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":174273,"object_type":"law","relational_id":76103,"identifier":"2.2-2236","token":"2.2\/I\/D\/22\/4\/2.2-2236","url":"\/2.2-2236\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/2.2-2236\/","token":"2.2\/I\/D\/22\/4\/2.2-2236","dublin_core":{"Title":"Powers and duties of the Chief Executive Officer","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 2.2-2236","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Chief Executive Officer shall employ or retain such agents or employees subordinate to the Chief Executive Officer as may be necessary to fulfill the duties of the Authority<\/span> conferred upon the Chief Executive Officer, subject to the Board<\/span>’s approval. Employees of the Authority<\/span> shall be eligible for membership in the Virginia Retirement System and participation in all of the health and related insurance and other benefits, including premium conversion and flexible benefits, available to state<\/span> employees as provided by law<\/span>. The Chief Executive Officer shall also exercise such of the powers and duties relating to the direction of the Commonwealth<\/span>’s economic development efforts conferred upon the Authority<\/span> as may be delegated to him by the Board<\/span>, including powers and duties involving the exercise of discretion. The Chief Executive Officer shall also exercise and perform such other powers and duties as may be lawfully delegated to him or as may be conferred or imposed upon him by law<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPOWERS AND DUTIES OF THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (\u00a7 2.2-2236)\n\nThe Chief Executive Officer shall employ or retain such agents or employees\nsubordinate to the Chief Executive Officer as may be necessary to fulfill the\nduties of the Authority conferred upon the Chief Executive Officer, subject to\nthe Board’s approval. Employees of the Authority shall be eligible for\nmembership in the Virginia Retirement System and participation in all of the\nhealth and related insurance and other benefits, including premium conversion\nand flexible benefits, available to state employees as provided by law. The\nChief Executive Officer shall also exercise such of the powers and duties\nrelating to the direction of the Commonwealth’s economic development\nefforts conferred upon the Authority as may be delegated to him by the Board,\nincluding powers and duties involving the exercise of discretion. The Chief\nExecutive Officer shall also exercise and perform such other powers and duties\nas may be lawfully delegated to him or as may be conferred or imposed upon him\nby law.\n\nHISTORY: 1995, c. 638, \u00a7 2.1-548.32; 1996, cc. 590, 598; 1998, c. 359; 2001, c.\n844; 2010, c. 869.","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}}