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The Commission shall also have the responsibility of publishing and maintaining the Virginia Administrative Code, and publishing the Virginia Register of Regulations as provided for in \u00a7 2.2-4031.\n\t\tThe Commission may arrange for the Code of Virginia, the Virginia Administrative Code, and the Virginia Register of Regulations to be (i) printed and published by or at the expense of the Commonwealth and sold and otherwise distributed by the Commonwealth or (ii) privately printed and published, under the direction and supervision of the Commission and upon such terms as the Commission may provide, and sold and distributed by the publisher upon such terms, including terms as to price, as the Commission may provide.\n\t\tThe Commission shall have full discretion to arrange for the publication of annotated or unannotated copies of the Code of Virginia, the Virginia Administrative Code, and the Virginia Register of Regulations; to fix the number of volumes; and to decide all questions of form, makeup and arrangement, including title pages, prefaces, annotations, indices, tables of contents and reference, appendices, paper, type, binding and lettering. 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This law was first created in 1983. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 260 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 1983 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 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 1992, chapter 216; in 2001, chapter 844<\/a>; in 2003, chapter 212<\/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\/"},{"id":58029,"section_number":"2.2-4102","catch_line":"Registrar of Regulations; publications","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-4102\/"},{"id":72767,"section_number":"2.2-4345","catch_line":"Exemptions from competitive sealed bidding and competitive negotiation for certain transactions; limitations","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-4345\/"},{"id":59110,"section_number":"30-155","catch_line":"Responsibilities as to administrative law; appointment of Administrative Law Advisory Committee; staff","order_by":null,"url":"\/30-155\/"},{"id":67099,"section_number":"30-34.10:2","catch_line":"Access to Code of Virginia, Virginia Administrative Code, and Virginia Register of Regulations","order_by":null,"url":"\/30-34.10_2\/"}],"refers_to":[{"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\/"}],"permalink":{"id":199619,"object_type":"law","relational_id":56708,"identifier":"30-146","token":"30\/15\/30-146","url":"\/30-146\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/30-146\/","token":"30\/15\/30-146","dublin_core":{"Title":"Publication of Code of Virginia, Administrative Code, and Register of Regulations; authority regarding type and form","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 30-146","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Commission is charged with the responsibility of publishing and maintaining a Code of the general and permanent statutes<\/span> of the Commonwealth. The Commission shall also have the responsibility of publishing and maintaining the Virginia Administrative Code, and publishing the Virginia Register of Regulations as provided for in \u00a7 2.2-4031<\/a>.\n\t\tThe Commission may arrange for the Code of Virginia, the Virginia Administrative Code, and the Virginia Register of Regulations to be (i) printed and published by or at the expense of the Commonwealth and sold and otherwise distributed by the Commonwealth or (ii) privately printed and published, under the direction and supervision of the Commission and upon such terms as the Commission may provide, and sold and distributed by the publisher upon such terms, including terms as to price, as the Commission may provide.\n\t\tThe Commission shall have full discretion to arrange for the publication of annotated or unannotated copies of the Code of Virginia, the Virginia Administrative Code, and the Virginia Register of Regulations; to fix the number of volumes; and to decide all questions of form, makeup and arrangement, including title pages, prefaces, annotations, indices, tables of contents and reference, appendices, paper, type, binding and lettering. The Commission may arrange for the Code of Virginia and the Virginia Administrative Code to be made permanent editions and kept current by means of supplements and replacement volumes.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPUBLICATION OF CODE OF VIRGINIA, ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, AND REGISTER OF\nREGULATIONS; AUTHORITY REGARDING TYPE AND FORM (\u00a7 30-146)\n\nThe Commission is charged with the responsibility of publishing and maintaining\na Code of the general and permanent statutes of the Commonwealth. The Commission\nshall also have the responsibility of publishing and maintaining the Virginia\nAdministrative Code, and publishing the Virginia Register of Regulations as\nprovided for in \u00a7 2.2-4031.\n\t\tThe Commission may arrange for the Code of Virginia, the Virginia\nAdministrative Code, and the Virginia Register of Regulations to be (i) printed\nand published by or at the expense of the Commonwealth and sold and otherwise\ndistributed by the Commonwealth or (ii) privately printed and published, under\nthe direction and supervision of the Commission and upon such terms as the\nCommission may provide, and sold and distributed by the publisher upon such\nterms, including terms as to price, as the Commission may provide.\n\t\tThe Commission shall have full discretion to arrange for the publication of\nannotated or unannotated copies of the Code of Virginia, the Virginia\nAdministrative Code, and the Virginia Register of Regulations; to fix the number\nof volumes; and to decide all questions of form, makeup and arrangement,\nincluding title pages, prefaces, annotations, indices, tables of contents and\nreference, appendices, paper, type, binding and lettering. The Commission may\narrange for the Code of Virginia and the Virginia Administrative Code to be made\npermanent editions and kept current by means of supplements and replacement\nvolumes.\n\nHISTORY: 1983, c. 260, \u00a7 9-77.7; 1992, c. 216; 2001, c. 844; 2003, c. 212.","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}}