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This law was first created in 1984. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 5 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 1984 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 6 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 1993, chapters 551, 772, and 898; in 1995, chapter 25<\/a>; in 2001, chapter 844<\/a>; in 2002, chapters 391<\/a> and 677<\/a>; in 2004, chapter 777<\/a>; in 2007, chapters 873<\/a> and 916<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":78729,"section_number":"2.2-4006","catch_line":"Exemptions from requirements of this article","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-4006\/"},{"id":70566,"section_number":"2.2-4012","catch_line":"Purpose; adoption; effective date; filing; duties of Registrar of Regulations","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-4012\/"},{"id":73052,"section_number":"2.2-4014","catch_line":"Legislative review of proposed and final regulations","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-4014\/"},{"id":76087,"section_number":"2.2-4026","catch_line":"Right, forms, venue; date of adoption or readoption for purposes of appeal","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-4026\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":84064,"section_number":"2.2-4007.06","catch_line":"Changes between proposed and final regulations","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-4007.06\/"},{"id":68772,"section_number":"2.2-4013","catch_line":"Executive review of proposed and final regulations; changes with substantial impact","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-4013\/"},{"id":73052,"section_number":"2.2-4014","catch_line":"Legislative review of proposed and final regulations","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-4014\/"},{"id":84745,"section_number":"2.2-4100","catch_line":"Short title; purpose of chapter; declaration of policy","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-4100\/"}],"permalink":{"id":176831,"object_type":"law","relational_id":70514,"identifier":"2.2-4015","token":"2.2\/II\/B\/40\/2\/2.2-4015","url":"\/2.2-4015\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/2.2-4015\/","token":"2.2\/II\/B\/40\/2\/2.2-4015","dublin_core":{"Title":"Effective date of regulation; exception","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 2.2-4015","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> A regulation<\/span> adopted in accordance with this chapter and the Virginia Register Act (\u00a7 2.2-4100<\/a> et seq.) shall become effective at the conclusion of the thirty-day final adoption period provided for in subsection D of \u00a7 2.2-4013<\/a>, or any other later date specified by the agency<\/span>, unless: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> A legislative objection has been filed in accordance with § 2.2-4014<\/a>, in which event the regulation<\/span>, unless withdrawn by the agency<\/span>, shall become effective on a date specified by the agency<\/span> that shall be after the expiration of the applicable twenty-one-day extension period provided in § 2.2-4014<\/a>; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> The Governor has exercised his authority in accordance with § 2.2-4013<\/a> to require the agency<\/span> to provide for additional public comment, in which event the regulation<\/span>, unless withdrawn by the agency<\/span>, shall become effective on a date specified by the agency<\/span> that shall be after the period for which the Governor has provided for additional public comment; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> The Governor and (i) the appropriate standing committees of each house of the General Assembly or (ii) the Joint Commission on Administrative Rules<\/span> have exercised their authority in accordance with subsection B of § 2.2-4014<\/a> to suspend the effective date of a regulation<\/span> until the end of the next regular legislative session; or <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

4.<\/span> The agency<\/span> has suspended the regulatory process in accordance with § 2.2-4007.06<\/a>, or for any reason it deems necessary or appropriate, in which event the regulation<\/span>, unless withdrawn by the agency<\/span>, shall become effective in accordance with subsection B. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Whenever the regulatory process has been suspended for any reason, any action by the agency<\/span> that either amends<\/span> the regulation<\/span> or does not amend<\/span> the regulation<\/span> but specifies a new effective date shall be considered a readoption of the regulation<\/span> for the purposes of appeal<\/span>. If the regulation<\/span> is suspended under § 2.2-4007.06<\/a>, such readoption shall take place after the thirty-day public comment period required by that subsection. Suspension of the regulatory process by the agency<\/span> may occur simultaneously with the filing of final regulations<\/span> as provided in subsection B of § 2.2-4013<\/a>.\n\t\t\tWhen a regulation<\/span> has been suspended, the agency<\/span> must set the effective date no earlier than fifteen days from publication of the readoption action and any changes made to the regulation<\/span>. During that fifteen-day period, if the agency<\/span> receives requests from at least twenty-five persons for the opportunity to comment on new substantial changes, it shall again suspend the regulation<\/span> pursuant to § 2.2-4007.06<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

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