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All parts of any code published or authorized to be published by the Commission, including statute text, regulation text, catchlines, historical citations, numbers of sections, articles, chapters and titles, frontal analyses and revisor’s notes, shall become and remain the exclusive property of the Commonwealth to be used only as the Commission may direct. However, the Commission shall acknowledge a property right in and the right to copyright materials prepared and added to any code by the person preparing it. Such materials may include, inter alia, case annotations, indices, various notes concerning sections and reference tables.B\n\nTrade secrets or proprietary information submitted by any person contracting or proposing to contract with the Commission in connection with the publication of (i) the Code of Virginia, (ii) the Virginia Administrative Code or (iii) any other materials published by the Commission shall not be subject to public disclosure under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (§ 2.2-3700 et seq.). However, the person or firm shall invoke the protections of this subsection prior to or upon submission of the data or other materials to be protected and state the reasons why protection is necessary. The Commission may, in closed session, discuss, consider, review or deliberate upon proposals which contain trade secrets or proprietary information submitted by any person contracting or proposing to contract with the Commission in connection with the publication of the Code of Virginia or the Virginia Administrative Code.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":289891,"text":"The Commission may enter into contracts with any reputable person for such editorial work, printing, indexing, annotating and other work as may be necessary. All parts of any code published or authorized to be published by the Commission, including statute text, regulation text, catchlines, historical citations, numbers of sections, articles, chapters and titles, frontal analyses and revisor’s notes, shall become and remain the exclusive property of the Commonwealth to be used only as the Commission may direct. However, the Commission shall acknowledge a property right in and the right to copyright materials prepared and added to any code by the person preparing it. Such materials may include, inter alia, case annotations, indices, various notes concerning sections and reference tables.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":289892,"text":"Trade secrets or proprietary information submitted by any person contracting or proposing to contract with the Commission in connection with the publication of (i) the Code of Virginia, (ii) the Virginia Administrative Code or (iii) any other materials published by the Commission shall not be subject to public disclosure under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (§ 2.2-3700 et seq.). However, the person or firm shall invoke the protections of this subsection prior to or upon submission of the data or other materials to be protected and state the reasons why protection is necessary. The Commission may, in closed session, discuss, consider, review or deliberate upon proposals which contain trade secrets or proprietary information submitted by any person contracting or proposing to contract with the Commission in connection with the publication of the Code of Virginia or the Virginia Administrative Code.","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A"}},"ancestry":[{"id":14833,"edition_id":1,"name":"Virginia Code Commission","identifier":"15","label":"chapter","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12738,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:50:15","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:50:15","permalink":{"id":199613,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":14833,"identifier":"15","token":"30\/15","url":"\/30\/15\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12738,"edition_id":1,"name":"General Assembly","identifier":"30","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:51","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:51","permalink":{"id":199019,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12738,"identifier":"30","token":"30","url":"\/30\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":63029,"structure_id":14833,"section_number":"30-145","catch_line":"Virginia Code Commission; membership, terms; compensation; staff; quorum","url":"\/30-145\/","token":"30\/15\/30-145","metadata":false},{"id":56708,"structure_id":14833,"section_number":"30-146","catch_line":"Publication of Code of Virginia, Administrative Code, and Register of Regulations; authority regarding type and form","url":"\/30-146\/","token":"30\/15\/30-146","metadata":false},{"id":80874,"structure_id":14833,"section_number":"30-147","catch_line":"Contracting with publishers; property rights regarding Code of Virginia and Virginia Administrative Code material","url":"\/30-147\/","token":"30\/15\/30-147","metadata":false},{"id":74441,"structure_id":14833,"section_number":"30-148","catch_line":"Codification of session laws","url":"\/30-148\/","token":"30\/15\/30-148","metadata":false},{"id":58388,"structure_id":14833,"section_number":"30-149","catch_line":"Authority for minor changes to the Code of Virginia","url":"\/30-149\/","token":"30\/15\/30-149","metadata":false},{"id":67714,"structure_id":14833,"section_number":"30-150","catch_line":"Authority for minor changes to the Virginia Administrative Code","url":"\/30-150\/","token":"30\/15\/30-150","metadata":false},{"id":86588,"structure_id":14833,"section_number":"30-151","catch_line":"Ongoing responsibility for repeal of obsolete statutes and Acts of Assembly","url":"\/30-151\/","token":"30\/15\/30-151","metadata":false},{"id":83991,"structure_id":14833,"section_number":"30-152","catch_line":"Revision of the Code of Virginia; construction of statutes relating to titles amended","url":"\/30-152\/","token":"30\/15\/30-152","metadata":false},{"id":62027,"structure_id":14833,"section_number":"30-153","catch_line":"Repealed","url":"\/30-153\/","token":"30\/15\/30-153","metadata":false},{"id":70822,"structure_id":14833,"section_number":"30-154","catch_line":"Publication of Virginia State Bar advisory opinions","url":"\/30-154\/","token":"30\/15\/30-154","metadata":false},{"id":61183,"structure_id":14833,"section_number":"30-154.1","catch_line":"Publication of Virginia compacts","url":"\/30-154.1\/","token":"30\/15\/30-154.1","metadata":false},{"id":59110,"structure_id":14833,"section_number":"30-155","catch_line":"Responsibilities as to administrative law; appointment of Administrative Law Advisory Committee; staff","url":"\/30-155\/","token":"30\/15\/30-155","metadata":false}],"previous_section":{"id":56708,"structure_id":14833,"section_number":"30-146","catch_line":"Publication of Code of Virginia, Administrative Code, and Register of Regulations; authority regarding type and form","url":"\/30-146\/","token":"30\/15\/30-146","metadata":false},"next_section":{"id":74441,"structure_id":14833,"section_number":"30-148","catch_line":"Codification of session laws","url":"\/30-148\/","token":"30\/15\/30-148","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/30-147\/","history_text":"

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 4 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 1993, chapter 505; in 1994, chapter 820<\/a>; in 2001, chapter 844<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":55569,"section_number":"2.2-3700","catch_line":"Short title; policy","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-3700\/"}],"permalink":{"id":199623,"object_type":"law","relational_id":80874,"identifier":"30-147","token":"30\/15\/30-147","url":"\/30-147\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/30-147\/","token":"30\/15\/30-147","dublin_core":{"Title":"Contracting with publishers; property rights regarding Code of Virginia and Virginia Administrative Code material","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 30-147","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The Commission may enter into contracts<\/span> with any reputable person for such editorial work, printing, indexing, annotating and other work as may be necessary. All parts of any code published or authorized to be published by the Commission, including statute<\/span> text, regulation text, catchlines, historical citations<\/span>, numbers of sections, articles, chapters and titles, frontal analyses and revisor’s notes, shall become and remain the exclusive property of the Commonwealth to be used only as the Commission may direct. However, the Commission shall acknowledge a property right in and the right to copyright materials<\/span> prepared and added to any code by the person preparing it. Such materials<\/span> may include, inter alia, case annotations, indices, various notes concerning sections and reference tables. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Trade secrets or proprietary information submitted by any person contracting or proposing to contract<\/span> with the Commission in connection with the publication of (i) the Code of Virginia, (ii) the Virginia Administrative Code or (iii) any other materials<\/span> published by the Commission shall not be subject to public disclosure under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (§ 2.2-3700<\/a> et seq.). However, the person or firm shall invoke the protections of this subsection prior to or upon submission of the data or other materials<\/span> to be protected and state the reasons why protection is necessary. The Commission may, in closed session, discuss, consider, review or deliberate upon proposals which contain trade secrets or proprietary information submitted by any person contracting or proposing to contract<\/span> with the Commission in connection with the publication of the Code of Virginia or the Virginia Administrative Code. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCONTRACTING WITH PUBLISHERS; PROPERTY RIGHTS REGARDING CODE OF VIRGINIA AND\nVIRGINIA ADMINISTRATIVE CODE MATERIAL (\u00a7 30-147)\n\nA. The Commission may enter into contracts with any reputable person for such\neditorial work, printing, indexing, annotating and other work as may be\nnecessary. All parts of any code published or authorized to be published by the\nCommission, including statute text, regulation text, catchlines, historical\ncitations, numbers of sections, articles, chapters and titles, frontal analyses\nand revisor’s notes, shall become and remain the exclusive property of the\nCommonwealth to be used only as the Commission may direct. However, the\nCommission shall acknowledge a property right in and the right to copyright\nmaterials prepared and added to any code by the person preparing it. Such\nmaterials may include, inter alia, case annotations, indices, various notes\nconcerning sections and reference tables.\n\nB. Trade secrets or proprietary information submitted by any person contracting\nor proposing to contract with the Commission in connection with the publication\nof (i) the Code of Virginia, (ii) the Virginia Administrative Code or (iii) any\nother materials published by the Commission shall not be subject to public\ndisclosure under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (§ 2.2-3700 et\nseq.). However, the person or firm shall invoke the protections of this\nsubsection prior to or upon submission of the data or other materials to be\nprotected and state the reasons why protection is necessary. The Commission may,\nin closed session, discuss, consider, review or deliberate upon proposals which\ncontain trade secrets or proprietary information submitted by any person\ncontracting or proposing to contract with the Commission in connection with the\npublication of the Code of Virginia or the Virginia Administrative Code.\n\nHISTORY: 1983, c. 260, \u00a7 9-77.8; 1992, c. 216; 1993, c. 505; 1994, c. 820;\n2001, 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}}