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Effective use of volunteers in state service, however, requires that state agencies be provided guidelines for the development of volunteer programs and the utilization of volunteers. The General Assembly intends by this chapter to assure that people of Virginia may derive optimal benefit from volunteers, and that the time and talents of volunteers in state service may be put to their best use.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":256374,"text":"This chapter may be cited as the Virginia State Government Volunteers Act.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":256375,"text":"Since the spirit of volunteerism has long animated generations of Americans to give of their time and abilities to help others, the Commonwealth would be wise to make use of volunteers in state service wherever practically possible. 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This law was first created in 1977. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 347 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 1977 \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. That modification is as follows: in 2001, chapter 844<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":176421,"object_type":"law","relational_id":71100,"identifier":"2.2-3600","token":"2.2\/II\/A\/36\/2.2-3600","url":"\/2.2-3600\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/2.2-3600\/","token":"2.2\/II\/A\/36\/2.2-3600","dublin_core":{"Title":"Short title; declaration of legislative intent","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 2.2-3600","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> This chapter may be cited as the Virginia State Government Volunteers<\/span> Act. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Since the spirit of volunteerism has long animated generations of Americans to give of their time and abilities to help others, the Commonwealth would be wise to make use of volunteers<\/span> in state service wherever practically possible. Effective use of volunteers<\/span> in state service, however, requires that state agencies be provided guidelines for the development of volunteer<\/span> programs and the utilization of volunteers<\/span>. The General Assembly intends by this chapter to assure that people of Virginia may derive optimal benefit from volunteers<\/span>, and that the time and talents of volunteers<\/span> in state service may be put to their best use. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSHORT TITLE; DECLARATION OF LEGISLATIVE INTENT (\u00a7 2.2-3600)\n\nA. This chapter may be cited as the Virginia State Government Volunteers Act.\n\nB. Since the spirit of volunteerism has long animated generations of Americans\nto give of their time and abilities to help others, the Commonwealth would be\nwise to make use of volunteers in state service wherever practically possible.\nEffective use of volunteers in state service, however, requires that state\nagencies be provided guidelines for the development of volunteer programs and\nthe utilization of volunteers. The General Assembly intends by this chapter to\nassure that people of Virginia may derive optimal benefit from volunteers, and\nthat the time and talents of volunteers in state service may be put to their\nbest use.\n\nHISTORY: 1977, c. 347, \u00a7 2.1-554; 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}}