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This law was first created in 2006. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 59<\/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":58047,"section_number":"2.2-608.1","catch_line":"State publications to be made available electronically","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-608.1\/"},{"id":73887,"section_number":"2.2-609","catch_line":"Copies of state publications furnished to Librarian of Virginia","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-609\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":221245,"object_type":"law","relational_id":80260,"identifier":"42.1-93","token":"42.1\/8\/42.1-93","url":"\/42.1-93\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/42.1-93\/","token":"42.1\/8\/42.1-93","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 42.1-93","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

As used in this chapter:\n\t\t“Local or regional agency<\/span>” means all political subdivisions, including counties, cities, and towns, and other governmental agencies in the Commonwealth, other than state agencies.\n\t\t“Publication<\/span>” means all documents, regardless of physical form or characteristics and issued by or for a state, local, or regional agency, in full or in part at government expense, that are created for the research or informational use of the public. “Publication<\/span>” shall not include documents that are developed solely for the agency’s administrative and internal operations.\n\t\t“State agency<\/span>” means every agency, institution, collegial body, or other state governmental entity of any branch of government.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITIONS (\u00a7 42.1-93)\n\nAs used in this chapter:\n\t\t“Local or regional agency” means all political subdivisions,\nincluding counties, cities, and towns, and other governmental agencies in the\nCommonwealth, other than state agencies.\n\t\t“Publication” means all documents, regardless of physical form or\ncharacteristics and issued by or for a state, local, or regional agency, in full\nor in part at government expense, that are created for the research or\ninformational use of the public. “Publication” shall not include\ndocuments that are developed solely for the agency’s administrative and\ninternal operations.\n\t\t“State agency” means every agency, institution, collegial body, or\nother state governmental entity of any branch of government.\n\nHISTORY: 2006, c. 59.","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}}