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This law was first created in 1978. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 388 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 1978 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online.<\/p>","references":[{"id":84421,"section_number":"23.1-2410","catch_line":"Audit","order_by":null,"url":"\/23.1-2410\/"},{"id":72024,"section_number":"30-61.1","catch_line":"Operational and programmatic efficiency and effectiveness reviews","order_by":null,"url":"\/30-61.1\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":73709,"section_number":"30-67","catch_line":"Discretionary selection procedure; coordination with standing committees; expenses","order_by":null,"url":"\/30-67\/"}],"permalink":{"id":201039,"object_type":"law","relational_id":71940,"identifier":"30-65","token":"30\/8\/30-65","url":"\/30-65\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/30-65\/","token":"30\/8\/30-65","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 30-65","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

As used in this chapter, the terms below shall be interpreted as follows:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> The term “agency<\/span>” means any agency<\/span>, authority, board, department, division, commission, institution, bureau, or like governmental entity of the Commonwealth and includes any entity, public or private, with which any of the foregoing has entered into a contractual relationship to accomplish an agency<\/span> program. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> The term “functional area<\/span>” means that grouping of state governmental activities, programs, and agencies which constitute a single budget function as identified and classified in the Virginia State Government Program Structure. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> The term “discretionary selection” refers to the procedure set forth in § 30-67<\/a> whereby programs and agencies, contained wholly or in part within functional areas<\/span>, are selected for legislative review and evaluation under the provisions of this chapter. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITIONS (\u00a7 30-65)\n\nAs used in this chapter, the terms below shall be interpreted as follows:\n\n1. The term “agency” means any agency, authority, board, department,\ndivision, commission, institution, bureau, or like governmental entity of the\nCommonwealth and includes any entity, public or private, with which any of the\nforegoing has entered into a contractual relationship to accomplish an agency\nprogram.\n\n2. The term “functional area” means that grouping of state\ngovernmental activities, programs, and agencies which constitute a single budget\nfunction as identified and classified in the Virginia State Government Program\nStructure.\n\n3. The term “discretionary selection” refers to the procedure set\nforth in § 30-67 whereby programs and agencies, contained wholly or in part\nwithin functional areas, are selected for legislative review and evaluation\nunder the provisions of this chapter.\n\nHISTORY: 1978, c. 388.","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}}