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This law was first created in 1995. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 770<\/a> and 818<\/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 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. That modification is as follows: in 2001, chapter 844<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":65778,"section_number":"2.2-2900","catch_line":"Short title; purpose","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-2900\/"},{"id":64223,"section_number":"2.2-2905","catch_line":"Certain officers and employees exempt from chapter","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-2905\/"},{"id":73947,"section_number":"2.2-3001","catch_line":"State employees","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-3001\/"},{"id":70463,"section_number":"9.1-500","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/9.1-500\/"}],"permalink":{"id":175961,"object_type":"law","relational_id":64889,"identifier":"2.2-3002","token":"2.2\/I\/E\/30\/2.2-3002","url":"\/2.2-3002\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/2.2-3002\/","token":"2.2\/I\/E\/30\/2.2-3002","dublin_core":{"Title":"Exemptions from chapter","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 2.2-3002","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> Appointees of elected groups or individuals except as provided in subsection B of § 2.2-3001<\/a>; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> Agency heads or chief executive officers of government agencies and public institutions of higher education appointed by boards and commissions; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

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4.<\/span> Employees in positions designated in § 2.2-2905<\/a> as exempt from the Virginia Personnel Act (§ 2.2-2900<\/a> et seq.). <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEXEMPTIONS FROM CHAPTER (\u00a7 2.2-3002)\n\nThe provisions of this chapter shall not apply to:\n\n1. Appointees of elected groups or individuals except as provided in subsection\nB of § 2.2-3001;\n\n2. Agency heads or chief executive officers of government agencies and public\ninstitutions of higher education appointed by boards and commissions;\n\n3. Law-enforcement officers as defined in § 9.1-500 whose grievances are\nsubject to Chapter 5 (§ 9.1-500 et seq.) and who have elected to resolve\nsuch grievances under those provisions; and\n\n4. Employees in positions designated in § 2.2-2905 as exempt from the\nVirginia Personnel Act (§ 2.2-2900 et seq.).\n\nHISTORY: 1995, cc. 770, 818, \u00a7 2.1-116.013; 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}}