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This law was first created in 1990. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 1 and 317 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 1990 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. 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 1992, chapter 167; in 1993, chapter 757; in 2001, chapter 844<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":171643,"object_type":"law","relational_id":55313,"identifier":"2.2-228","token":"2.2\/I\/A\/2\/10\/2.2-228","url":"\/2.2-228\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/2.2-228\/","token":"2.2\/I\/A\/2\/10\/2.2-228","dublin_core":{"Title":"Position established; agencies for which responsible","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 2.2-228","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The position of Secretary of Transportation (the “Secretary”) is created. The Secretary shall be responsible to the Governor for the following agencies: Department of Transportation, Department of Rail and Public Transportation, Department of Aviation, Department of Motor Vehicles, the Virginia Port Authority, and the Motor Vehicle Dealer Board. The Governor, by executive order<\/span>, may assign any state executive agency to the Secretary, or reassign any agency listed in this section to another Secretary.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPOSITION ESTABLISHED; AGENCIES FOR WHICH RESPONSIBLE (\u00a7 2.2-228)\n\nThe position of Secretary of Transportation (the “Secretary”) is\ncreated. The Secretary shall be responsible to the Governor for the following\nagencies: Department of Transportation, Department of Rail and Public\nTransportation, Department of Aviation, Department of Motor Vehicles, the\nVirginia Port Authority, and the Motor Vehicle Dealer Board. The Governor, by\nexecutive order, may assign any state executive agency to the Secretary, or\nreassign any agency listed in this section to another Secretary.\n\nHISTORY: 1990, cc. 1, 317, \u00a7\u00a7 2.1-51.41, 2.1-51.43; 1992, c. 167; 1993, c.\n757; 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}}