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This law was first created in 1976. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 198 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 1976 \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, chapters 100<\/a> and 844<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":61183,"section_number":"30-154.1","catch_line":"Publication of Virginia compacts","order_by":null,"url":"\/30-154.1\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":61183,"section_number":"30-154.1","catch_line":"Publication of Virginia compacts","order_by":null,"url":"\/30-154.1\/"}],"permalink":{"id":172061,"object_type":"law","relational_id":77648,"identifier":"2.2-403","token":"2.2\/I\/A\/4\/1\/2.2-403","url":"\/2.2-403\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/2.2-403\/","token":"2.2\/I\/A\/4\/1\/2.2-403","dublin_core":{"Title":"Compilation of compacts and related records and reports","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 2.2-403","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Secretary of the Commonwealth shall conserve a copy of each of the compacts to which the Commonwealth is now or has been a party<\/span>, commencing with the compact entered into with the state of North Carolina that is referenced in chapter XXIX of the October Session of the 1778 Acts of the General Assembly. The record shall contain the dates on which the compacts were confirmed by the Commonwealth.\n\t\tIn accordance with \u00a7 30-154.1<\/a>, beginning July 1, 2001, the Virginia Code Commission shall annually forward to the Secretary of the Commonwealth any newly enacted, amended or repealed compact as it was adopted by the Commonwealth.\n\t\tThe Secretary of the Commonwealth shall also maintain all records relating to the appointment of persons in accordance with compacts confirmed by the Commonwealth.\n\t\tThe Secretary of the Commonwealth shall report to the Governor and the Virginia Commission on Interstate Cooperation within fifteen days after the convening of each legislative session, and at such other times as deemed appropriate, on appointments and vacancies to the interstate boards, commissions and committees established for the purposes of such compacts.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCOMPILATION OF COMPACTS AND RELATED RECORDS AND REPORTS (\u00a7 2.2-403)\n\nThe Secretary of the Commonwealth shall conserve a copy of each of the compacts\nto which the Commonwealth is now or has been a party, commencing with the\ncompact entered into with the state of North Carolina that is referenced in\nchapter XXIX of the October Session of the 1778 Acts of the General Assembly.\nThe record shall contain the dates on which the compacts were confirmed by the\nCommonwealth.\n\t\tIn accordance with \u00a7 30-154.1, beginning July 1, 2001, the Virginia Code\nCommission shall annually forward to the Secretary of the Commonwealth any newly\nenacted, amended or repealed compact as it was adopted by the Commonwealth.\n\t\tThe Secretary of the Commonwealth shall also maintain all records relating to\nthe appointment of persons in accordance with compacts confirmed by the\nCommonwealth.\n\t\tThe Secretary of the Commonwealth shall report to the Governor and the\nVirginia Commission on Interstate Cooperation within fifteen days after the\nconvening of each legislative session, and at such other times as deemed\nappropriate, on appointments and vacancies to the interstate boards, commissions\nand committees established for the purposes of such compacts.\n\nHISTORY: 1976, c. 198, \u00a7 2.1-68.1; 2001, cc. 100, 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}}