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This law was first created in 1984. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 590 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 1984 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 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 1994, chapter 28<\/a>; in 2014, chapter 145<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":78729,"section_number":"2.2-4006","catch_line":"Exemptions from requirements of this article","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-4006\/"}],"permalink":{"id":222559,"object_type":"law","relational_id":56592,"identifier":"45.2-103","token":"45.2\/I\/1\/1\/45.2-103","url":"\/45.2-103\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/45.2-103\/","token":"45.2\/I\/1\/1\/45.2-103","dublin_core":{"Title":" Powers of Department","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 45.2-103","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Department<\/span> shall have the following powers and duties, any of which, with the approval of the Director<\/span>, may be exercised by any division of the Department<\/span> with respect to matters assigned to that division:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

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2.<\/span> To make and enter into any contract<\/span> or agreement necessary or incidental to the performance of its duties and the execution of its powers under this title, including reciprocal agreements with responsible officers of other states and contracts<\/span> with the private sector, the United States, other state agencies, and governmental subdivisions of the Commonwealth; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> To accept grants from the United States government and agencies and instrumentalities thereof and any other source. To these ends, the Department<\/span> may comply with any condition and execute any agreement that is necessary, convenient, or desirable; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

4.<\/span> To adopt regulations necessary or incidental to the performance of its duties or execution of its powers under this title or any other provision of law<\/span>. Such regulations shall be adopted by the Department<\/span>, the Chief<\/span>, or the Director<\/span>, as appropriate, and in accordance with the provisions of Article 2 (§ 2.2-4006<\/a> et seq.) of the Administrative Process Act; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

5.<\/span> To do all acts necessary or convenient to carry out the purposes of this title. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\n POWERS OF DEPARTMENT (\u00a7 45.2-103)\n\nThe Department shall have the following powers and duties, any of which, with\nthe approval of the Director, may be exercised by any division of the Department\nwith respect to matters assigned to that division:\n\n1. To employ the personnel required to carry out the purposes of this title;\n\n2. To make and enter into any contract or agreement necessary or incidental to\nthe performance of its duties and the execution of its powers under this title,\nincluding reciprocal agreements with responsible officers of other states and\ncontracts with the private sector, the United States, other state agencies, and\ngovernmental subdivisions of the Commonwealth;\n\n3. To accept grants from the United States government and agencies and\ninstrumentalities thereof and any other source. To these ends, the Department\nmay comply with any condition and execute any agreement that is necessary,\nconvenient, or desirable;\n\n4. To adopt regulations necessary or incidental to the performance of its duties\nor execution of its powers under this title or any other provision of law. Such\nregulations shall be adopted by the Department, the Chief, or the Director, as\nappropriate, and in accordance with the provisions of Article 2 (§ 2.2-4006\net seq.) of the Administrative Process Act; and\n\n5. To do all acts necessary or convenient to carry out the purposes of this\ntitle.\n\nHISTORY: 1984, c. 590, \u00a7 45.1-1.3; 1994, c. 28, \u00a7 45.1-161.3; 2014, c. 145;\n2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 387.","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}}