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This law was first created in 2011. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 798<\/a> and 871<\/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 2017, chapter 590<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":77912,"section_number":"2.2-3705.3","catch_line":"(Effective July 1, 2026) Exclusions to application of chapter; records relating to administrative investigations","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-3705.3\/"},{"id":76628,"section_number":"2.2-3706","catch_line":"(Effective July 1, 2026) Disclosure of law-enforcement and criminal records; limitations","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-3706\/"},{"id":62575,"section_number":"2.2-3802","catch_line":"Systems to which chapter inapplicable","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-3802\/"},{"id":58930,"section_number":"32.1-127.1:03","catch_line":"Health records privacy","order_by":null,"url":"\/32.1-127.1_03\/"},{"id":83752,"section_number":"53.1-10","catch_line":"Powers and duties of Director","order_by":null,"url":"\/53.1-10\/"},{"id":86587,"section_number":"53.1-69.1","catch_line":"Review of death of inmates in local, regional, or community correctional facilities","order_by":null,"url":"\/53.1-69.1\/"},{"id":81398,"section_number":"59.1-575","catch_line":"(Effective January 1, 2026) Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/59.1-575\/"},{"id":81243,"section_number":"66-3","catch_line":"Powers of the Director","order_by":null,"url":"\/66-3\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":75383,"section_number":"2.2-1149","catch_line":"Department to review proposed acquisitions of real property; approval by the Governor; exceptions","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-1149\/"}],"permalink":{"id":171959,"object_type":"law","relational_id":83095,"identifier":"2.2-307","token":"2.2\/I\/A\/3.2\/1\/2.2-307","url":"\/2.2-307\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/2.2-307\/","token":"2.2\/I\/A\/3.2\/1\/2.2-307","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 2.2-307","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Employee<\/span>” means any person who is regularly employed full time on either a salaried or wage basis, whose tenure is not restricted as to temporary or provisional appointment, in the service of, and whose compensation is payable by, no more often than biweekly, in whole or in part, a state agency<\/span>.\n\t\t“Nonstate agency<\/span>” means any public or private foundation, authority, institute, museum, corporation, or similar organization that is (i) not a unit of state government or a political subdivision of the Commonwealth as established by general law<\/span> or special act and (ii) wholly or principally supported by state funds. “Nonstate agency<\/span>” shall not include any such entity that receives state funds (a) as a subgrantee of a state agency<\/span>, (b) through a state grant-in-aid program authorized by law<\/span>, (c) as a result of an award of a competitive grant or a public contract<\/span> for the procurement of goods, services, or construction, or (d) pursuant to a lease of real property as described in subdivision 5 of \u00a7 2.2-1149<\/a>.\n\t\t“Office<\/span>” means the Office<\/span> of the State Inspector General.\n\t\t“Officer<\/span>” means any person who is elected or appointed to a public office<\/span> in a state agency<\/span>.\n\t\t“State agency<\/span>” means any agency, institution, board, bureau, commission, council, or instrumentality of state government in the executive branch listed in the appropriation act. “State agency<\/span>” also includes any local department of social services.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITIONS (\u00a7 2.2-307)\n\nAs used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Employee” means any person who is regularly employed full time on\neither a salaried or wage basis, whose tenure is not restricted as to temporary\nor provisional appointment, in the service of, and whose compensation is payable\nby, no more often than biweekly, in whole or in part, a state agency.\n\t\t“Nonstate agency” means any public or private foundation,\nauthority, institute, museum, corporation, or similar organization that is (i)\nnot a unit of state government or a political subdivision of the Commonwealth as\nestablished by general law or special act and (ii) wholly or principally\nsupported by state funds. “Nonstate agency” shall not include any\nsuch entity that receives state funds (a) as a subgrantee of a state agency, (b)\nthrough a state grant-in-aid program authorized by law, (c) as a result of an\naward of a competitive grant or a public contract for the procurement of goods,\nservices, or construction, or (d) pursuant to a lease of real property as\ndescribed in subdivision 5 of \u00a7 2.2-1149.\n\t\t“Office” means the Office of the State Inspector General.\n\t\t“Officer” means any person who is elected or appointed to a public\noffice in a state agency.\n\t\t“State agency” means any agency, institution, board, bureau,\ncommission, council, or instrumentality of state government in the executive\nbranch listed in the appropriation act. “State agency” also includes\nany local department of social services.\n\nHISTORY: 2011, cc. 798, 871; 2017, c. 590.","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}}