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No hard copies of annual and biennial reports shall be printed except in instances where copies are requested by a member of the General Assembly in accordance with the provisions of &#xA7; 30-34.4:1. The Governor may require any agency to furnish an annual or biennial report in a written or electronic format.B\n\nEach state entity required to submit a report to multiple legislative branch entities pursuant to subsection C may develop a single consolidated report containing the required information. Such report shall be (i) formatted to comply with any specific reporting requirement, and (ii) provided in a manner designed to clearly delineate each legislative branch entity for which specific information is provided.C\n\nAny agency, institution, collegial body, or other governmental entity outside of the legislative branch of government required to submit a report to the General Assembly or any committee, subcommittee, commission, agency, or other body within the legislative branch or to the chairman or agency head of such entity shall distribute a copy of such report to each member of the General Assembly who requests a copy in accordance with the provisions of &#xA7; 30-34.4:1. A consolidated report developed pursuant to subsection B shall satisfy any reporting requirement under this subsection. The cost of printing and distributing reports shall be borne by the reporting entity or its supporting agency.D\n\nAny agency, institution, collegial body, or other governmental entity outside of the legislative branch of government required to submit a report to (i) the General Assembly or any committee, subcommittee, commission, agency, or other body within the legislative branch or (ii) the chairman or agency head of any such entity shall make such reports available as read-only and text-searchable Portable Document Format (.pdf) files or some other widely used and accessible read-only and text-searchable electronic document format. All requests for such reports shall be made electronically unless expressly requested otherwise.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":256566,"text":"Agencies, institutions, collegial bodies, and other governmental entities that are specifically required by the Code of Virginia to report annually or biennially to the Governor and General Assembly shall post such annual or biennial reports on the respective entity&#8217;s website on or before October 1 of each year, unless otherwise specified. No hard copies of annual and biennial reports shall be printed except in instances where copies are requested by a member of the General Assembly in accordance with the provisions of &#xA7; 30-34.4:1. The Governor may require any agency to furnish an annual or biennial report in a written or electronic format.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":256567,"text":"Each state entity required to submit a report to multiple legislative branch entities pursuant to subsection C may develop a single consolidated report containing the required information. Such report shall be (i) formatted to comply with any specific reporting requirement, and (ii) provided in a manner designed to clearly delineate each legislative branch entity for which specific information is provided.","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A","next_prefix":"C"},"2":{"id":256568,"text":"Any agency, institution, collegial body, or other governmental entity outside of the legislative branch of government required to submit a report to the General Assembly or any committee, subcommittee, commission, agency, or other body within the legislative branch or to the chairman or agency head of such entity shall distribute a copy of such report to each member of the General Assembly who requests a copy in accordance with the provisions of &#xA7; 30-34.4:1. A consolidated report developed pursuant to subsection B shall satisfy any reporting requirement under this subsection. The cost of printing and distributing reports shall be borne by the reporting entity or its supporting agency.","type":"section","prefixes":["C"],"prefix":"C","entire_prefix":"C","prefix_anchor":"C","level":1,"prior_prefix":"B","next_prefix":"D"},"3":{"id":256569,"text":"Any agency, institution, collegial body, or other governmental entity outside of the legislative branch of government required to submit a report to (i) the General Assembly or any committee, subcommittee, commission, agency, or other body within the legislative branch or (ii) the chairman or agency head of any such entity shall make such reports available as read-only and text-searchable Portable Document Format (.pdf) files or some other widely used and accessible read-only and text-searchable electronic document format. 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 734 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 2001, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?011+ful+CHAP0844\">844<\/a>; in 2004, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?041+ful+CHAP0650\">650<\/a>; in 2009, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?091+ful+CHAP0550\">550<\/a>; in 2011, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?111+ful+CHAP0845\">845<\/a>; in 2012, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?121+ful+CHAP0434\">434<\/a>; in 2020, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0421\">421<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":79439,"section_number":"24.2-103","catch_line":"Powers and duties in general; report","order_by":null,"url":"\/24.2-103\/"},{"id":58519,"section_number":"24.2-404","catch_line":"Duties of Department of Elections","order_by":null,"url":"\/24.2-404\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":78405,"section_number":"30-34.4:1","catch_line":"Request and distribution of state publications","order_by":null,"url":"\/30-34.4_1\/"}],"permalink":{"id":173719,"object_type":"law","relational_id":71177,"identifier":"2.2-608","token":"2.2\/I\/C\/6\/1\/2.2-608","url":"\/2.2-608\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/2.2-608\/","token":"2.2\/I\/C\/6\/1\/2.2-608","dublin_core":{"Title":"Furnishing reports; Governor authorized to require reports","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 2.2-608","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> Agencies, institutions, collegial bodies, and other governmental entities that are specifically required by the Code of Virginia to report annually or biennially to the Governor and General Assembly shall post such annual or biennial reports on the respective entity&#8217;s website on or before October 1 of each year, unless otherwise specified. No hard copies of annual and biennial reports shall be printed except in instances where copies are requested by a member of the General Assembly in accordance with the provisions of &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Request and distribution of state publications\" href=\"\/30-34.4_1\/\">30-34.4:1<\/a>. The Governor may require any agency to furnish an annual or biennial report in a written or electronic format. <a id=\"paragraph-256566\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/2.2-608\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> Each state entity required to submit a report to multiple legislative branch entities pursuant to subsection C may develop a single consolidated report containing the required information. Such report shall be (i) formatted to comply with any specific reporting requirement, and (ii) provided in a manner designed to clearly delineate each legislative branch entity for which specific information is provided. <a id=\"paragraph-256567\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/2.2-608\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"C\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">C.<\/span> Any agency, institution, collegial body, or other governmental entity outside of the legislative branch of government required to submit a report to the General Assembly or any committee, subcommittee, commission, agency, or other body within the legislative branch or to the chairman or agency head of such entity shall distribute a copy of such report to each member of the General Assembly who requests a copy in accordance with the provisions of &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Request and distribution of state publications\" href=\"\/30-34.4_1\/\">30-34.4:1<\/a>. A consolidated report developed pursuant to subsection B shall satisfy any reporting requirement under this subsection. The cost of printing and distributing reports shall be borne by the reporting entity or its supporting agency. <a id=\"paragraph-256568\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/2.2-608\/#C\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"D\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">D.<\/span> Any agency, institution, collegial body, or other governmental entity outside of the legislative branch of government required to submit a report to (i) the General Assembly or any committee, subcommittee, commission, agency, or other body within the legislative branch or (ii) the chairman or agency head of any such entity shall make such reports available as read-only and text-searchable Portable Document Format (.pdf) files or some other widely used and accessible read-only and text-searchable electronic document format. All requests for such reports shall be made electronically unless expressly requested otherwise. <a id=\"paragraph-256569\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/2.2-608\/#D\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nFURNISHING REPORTS; GOVERNOR AUTHORIZED TO REQUIRE REPORTS (\u00a7 2.2-608)\n\nA. Agencies, institutions, collegial bodies, and other governmental entities\nthat are specifically required by the Code of Virginia to report annually or\nbiennially to the Governor and General Assembly shall post such annual or\nbiennial reports on the respective entity&#8217;s website on or before October 1\nof each year, unless otherwise specified. No hard copies of annual and biennial\nreports shall be printed except in instances where copies are requested by a\nmember of the General Assembly in accordance with the provisions of &#xA7;\n30-34.4:1. The Governor may require any agency to furnish an annual or biennial\nreport in a written or electronic format.\n\nB. Each state entity required to submit a report to multiple legislative branch\nentities pursuant to subsection C may develop a single consolidated report\ncontaining the required information. Such report shall be (i) formatted to\ncomply with any specific reporting requirement, and (ii) provided in a manner\ndesigned to clearly delineate each legislative branch entity for which specific\ninformation is provided.\n\nC. Any agency, institution, collegial body, or other governmental entity outside\nof the legislative branch of government required to submit a report to the\nGeneral Assembly or any committee, subcommittee, commission, agency, or other\nbody within the legislative branch or to the chairman or agency head of such\nentity shall distribute a copy of such report to each member of the General\nAssembly who requests a copy in accordance with the provisions of &#xA7;\n30-34.4:1. A consolidated report developed pursuant to subsection B shall\nsatisfy any reporting requirement under this subsection. The cost of printing\nand distributing reports shall be borne by the reporting entity or its\nsupporting agency.\n\nD. Any agency, institution, collegial body, or other governmental entity outside\nof the legislative branch of government required to submit a report to (i) the\nGeneral Assembly or any committee, subcommittee, commission, agency, or other\nbody within the legislative branch or (ii) the chairman or agency head of any\nsuch entity shall make such reports available as read-only and text-searchable\nPortable Document Format (.pdf) files or some other widely used and accessible\nread-only and text-searchable electronic document format. All requests for such\nreports shall be made electronically unless expressly requested otherwise.\n\nHISTORY: 1984, c. 734, \u00a7 2.1-2.1; 2001, c. 844; 2004, c. 650; 2009, c. 550;\n2011, c. 845; 2012, c. 434; 2020, c. 421.","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}}