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This law was first created in 1984. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 778 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 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 1989, chapter 727.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":225585,"object_type":"law","relational_id":86090,"identifier":"46.2-222","token":"46.2\/I\/2\/2\/46.2-222","url":"\/46.2-222\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-222\/","token":"46.2\/I\/2\/2\/46.2-222","dublin_core":{"Title":"General powers of Commissioner with respect to transportation safety","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-222","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Commissioner<\/span> shall have the following general powers to carry out the purposes of this article:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> To employ required personnel. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> To enter into all contracts<\/span> and agreements necessary or incidental to the performance of the Department<\/span>’s duties and the execution of its powers under this article, including, but not limited to, contracts<\/span> with the United States, other states, and 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 its agencies and instrumentalities and any other source. To these ends, the Department<\/span> shall have the power to comply with conditions and execute agreements necessary, convenient or desirable. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

4.<\/span> To do all acts necessary or convenient to carry out the purposes of this article. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nGENERAL POWERS OF COMMISSIONER WITH RESPECT TO TRANSPORTATION SAFETY (\u00a7\n46.2-222)\n\nThe Commissioner shall have the following general powers to carry out the\npurposes of this article:\n\n1. To employ required personnel.\n\n2. To enter into all contracts and agreements necessary or incidental to the\nperformance of the Department’s duties and the execution of its powers\nunder this article, including, but not limited to, contracts with the United\nStates, other states, and agencies and governmental subdivisions of the\nCommonwealth.\n\n3. To accept grants from the United States government and its agencies and\ninstrumentalities and any other source. To these ends, the Department shall have\nthe power to comply with conditions and execute agreements necessary, convenient\nor desirable.\n\n4. To do all acts necessary or convenient to carry out the purposes of this\narticle.\n\nHISTORY: 1984, c. 778, \u00a7 46.1-40.3; 1989, c. 727.","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}}