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This law was first created in 1979. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 141 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 1979 \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":172069,"object_type":"law","relational_id":67854,"identifier":"2.2-405","token":"2.2\/I\/A\/4\/1\/2.2-405","url":"\/2.2-405\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/2.2-405\/","token":"2.2\/I\/A\/4\/1\/2.2-405","dublin_core":{"Title":"Secretary of Commonwealth to present list of vacancies to arise on commissions, boards, etc","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 2.2-405","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Secretary of the Commonwealth shall prepare by the fifteenth of January in each year a list of all vacancies that are scheduled to arise during that year on all boards, commissions, councils or other collegial bodies appointed by the Governor. The list shall be presented to the Governor and the General Assembly as soon as practicable following its preparation, and the Secretary of the Commonwealth shall make copies of the list available to the public at cost.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSECRETARY OF COMMONWEALTH TO PRESENT LIST OF VACANCIES TO ARISE ON COMMISSIONS,\nBOARDS, ETC (\u00a7 2.2-405)\n\nThe Secretary of the Commonwealth shall prepare by the fifteenth of January in\neach year a list of all vacancies that are scheduled to arise during that year\non all boards, commissions, councils or other collegial bodies appointed by the\nGovernor. The list shall be presented to the Governor and the General Assembly\nas soon as practicable following its preparation, and the Secretary of the\nCommonwealth shall make copies of the list available to the public at cost.\n\nHISTORY: 1979, c. 141, \u00a7 2.1-42.2; 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}}