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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 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 1979, chapter 107; in 1991, chapter 563; in 2000, chapters 66<\/a> and 657<\/a>; in 2001, chapter 844<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":176433,"object_type":"law","relational_id":84509,"identifier":"2.2-3603","token":"2.2\/II\/A\/36\/2.2-3603","url":"\/2.2-3603\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/2.2-3603\/","token":"2.2\/II\/A\/36\/2.2-3603","dublin_core":{"Title":"Responsibilities of departments","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 2.2-3603","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Each department<\/span> utilizing the services of volunteers<\/span> shall:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> Take actions necessary and appropriate to develop meaningful opportunities for volunteers<\/span> involved in its programs and to improve public services; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> Develop written rules governing the recruitment, screening, training, responsibility, utilization and supervision of volunteers<\/span>; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> Take actions necessary to ensure that volunteers<\/span> and paid staff understand their respective duties and responsibilities, their relationship to each other, and their respective roles in fulfilling the objectives of their department<\/span>; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

4.<\/span> Take actions necessary and appropriate to ensure a receptive climate for citizen volunteers<\/span>; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

5.<\/span> Provide for the recognition of volunteers<\/span> who have offered exceptional service to the Commonwealth; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

6.<\/span> Recognize prior volunteer<\/span> service as partial fulfillment of state employment requirements for training and experience established by the Department<\/span> of Human Resource Management. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nRESPONSIBILITIES OF DEPARTMENTS (\u00a7 2.2-3603)\n\nEach department utilizing the services of volunteers shall:\n\n1. Take actions necessary and appropriate to develop meaningful opportunities\nfor volunteers involved in its programs and to improve public services;\n\n2. Develop written rules governing the recruitment, screening, training,\nresponsibility, utilization and supervision of volunteers;\n\n3. Take actions necessary to ensure that volunteers and paid staff understand\ntheir respective duties and responsibilities, their relationship to each other,\nand their respective roles in fulfilling the objectives of their department;\n\n4. Take actions necessary and appropriate to ensure a receptive climate for\ncitizen volunteers;\n\n5. Provide for the recognition of volunteers who have offered exceptional\nservice to the Commonwealth; and\n\n6. Recognize prior volunteer service as partial fulfillment of state employment\nrequirements for training and experience established by the Department of Human\nResource Management.\n\nHISTORY: 1977, c. 347, \u00a7 2.1-557; 1979, c. 107; 1991, c. 563; 2000, cc. 66,\n657; 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}}