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However, this subdivision shall not affect the duty of agencies to comply with § 2.2-4103 without calls or reminders;2\n\nAdvise agencies as to the form and style of their regulations as well as the codification thereof; and3\n\nFormulate and issue, without reference to or limitation by the requirements of the Administrative Process Act (§ 2.2-4000 et seq.), general or special regulations respecting the nature and content of the Virginia Administrative Code, making exceptions thereto, supplementing or limiting the duties of agencies hereunder, and otherwise carrying out the purposes of this chapter.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":223718,"text":"The Commission, through the Registrar and otherwise as it directs, may in the course of the work of compiling and maintaining the Virginia Administrative Code and the Register:","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1,"next_prefix":"1"},"1":{"id":223719,"text":"In writing at any time call upon all agencies to submit to the Registrar one or more copies of all existing regulations as well as all subsequent amendments, repeals, additions, or new regulations. 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This law was first created in 1973. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 535 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 1973 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 5 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 1975, chapter 502; in 1982, chapter 489; in 1984, chapter 5; in 1993, chapter 669; in 2001, chapter 844<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":53967,"section_number":"2.2-4031","catch_line":"Publication of Virginia Register of Regulations; exceptions; notice of public hearings of proposed regulations","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-4031\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":86911,"section_number":"2.2-4000","catch_line":"Short title; purpose","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-4000\/"},{"id":59379,"section_number":"2.2-4103","catch_line":"Agencies to file regulations with Registrar; other duties; failure to file","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-4103\/"}],"permalink":{"id":176953,"object_type":"law","relational_id":61220,"identifier":"2.2-4104","token":"2.2\/II\/B\/41\/2.2-4104","url":"\/2.2-4104\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/2.2-4104\/","token":"2.2\/II\/B\/41\/2.2-4104","dublin_core":{"Title":"Duties of Commission in compiling Virginia Administrative Code and Register","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 2.2-4104","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Commission<\/span>, through the Registrar<\/span> and otherwise as it directs, may in the course of the work of compiling and maintaining the Virginia Administrative Code<\/span> and the Register:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> In writing at any time call upon all agencies to submit to the Registrar<\/span> one or more copies of all existing regulations<\/span> as well as all subsequent amendments, repeals, additions, or new regulations<\/span>. However, this subdivision shall not affect the duty of agencies to comply with § 2.2-4103<\/a> without calls or reminders; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

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3.<\/span> Formulate and issue<\/span>, without reference to or limitation by the requirements of the Administrative Process Act (§ 2.2-4000<\/a> et seq.), general or special regulations<\/span> respecting the nature and content of the Virginia Administrative Code<\/span>, making exceptions thereto, supplementing or limiting the duties of agencies hereunder, and otherwise carrying out the purposes of this chapter. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDUTIES OF COMMISSION IN COMPILING VIRGINIA ADMINISTRATIVE CODE AND REGISTER (\u00a7\n2.2-4104)\n\nThe Commission, through the Registrar and otherwise as it directs, may in the\ncourse of the work of compiling and maintaining the Virginia Administrative Code\nand the Register:\n\n1. In writing at any time call upon all agencies to submit to the Registrar one\nor more copies of all existing regulations as well as all subsequent amendments,\nrepeals, additions, or new regulations. However, this subdivision shall not\naffect the duty of agencies to comply with § 2.2-4103 without calls or\nreminders;\n\n2. Advise agencies as to the form and style of their regulations as well as the\ncodification thereof; and\n\n3. Formulate and issue, without reference to or limitation by the requirements\nof the Administrative Process Act (§ 2.2-4000 et seq.), general or special\nregulations respecting the nature and content of the Virginia Administrative\nCode, making exceptions thereto, supplementing or limiting the duties of\nagencies hereunder, and otherwise carrying out the purposes of this chapter.\n\nHISTORY: 1973, c. 535, \u00a7 9-6.20; 1975, c. 502; 1982, c. 489; 1984, c. 5; 1993,\nc. 669; 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}}