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This law was first created in 2002. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 677<\/a> 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.<\/p>","references":[{"id":80231,"section_number":"2.2-436","catch_line":"Approval of electronic identity standards","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-436\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":201077,"object_type":"law","relational_id":63230,"identifier":"30-73.1","token":"30\/8.1\/30-73.1","url":"\/30-73.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/30-73.1\/","token":"30\/8.1\/30-73.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Joint Commission on Administrative Rules; purpose","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 30-73.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Joint Commission on Administrative Rules<\/span> (the “Commission”) is established in the legislative branch of state government. The purpose of the Commission is to review (i) existing agency<\/span> rules<\/span>, regulations<\/span> and practices and (ii) agency<\/span> rules<\/span> or regulations<\/span> during the promulgation or final adoption process and make recommendations to the Governor and General Assembly.\n\t\tAs used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Agency<\/span>” means any authority, commission, instrumentality, officer, board or other unit of the state government empowered by the basic laws<\/span> to make regulations<\/span> or decide cases.\n\t\t“Rule<\/span>” or “regulation<\/span>” means any statement of general application, having the force of law<\/span>, affecting the rights or conduct of any person, adopted by an agency<\/span> in accordance with the authority conferred on it by applicable basic laws<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nJOINT COMMISSION ON ADMINISTRATIVE RULES; PURPOSE (\u00a7 30-73.1)\n\nThe Joint Commission on Administrative Rules (the “Commission”) is\nestablished in the legislative branch of state government. The purpose of the\nCommission is to review (i) existing agency rules, regulations and practices and\n(ii) agency rules or regulations during the promulgation or final adoption\nprocess and make recommendations to the Governor and General Assembly.\n\t\tAs used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Agency” means any authority, commission, instrumentality,\nofficer, board or other unit of the state government empowered by the basic laws\nto make regulations or decide cases.\n\t\t“Rule” or “regulation” means any statement of general\napplication, having the force of law, affecting the rights or conduct of any\nperson, adopted by an agency in accordance with the authority conferred on it by\napplicable basic laws.\n\nHISTORY: 2002, c. 677.","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}}