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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>74149</law_id><section_number>2.2-1603</section_number><catch_line>Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity created; appointment of Director; offices; personnel</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>2.2-3705.6</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="2.2">Administration of Government</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="I">Organization of State Government</unit><unit label="part" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="C">State Agencies Related to the General Operation of Government</unit><unit label="chapter" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="16.1">Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity</unit><unit label="article" level="5" order_by="1" identifier="1">General Provisions</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> There is hereby created a <span class="dictionary">Department</span> of <span class="dictionary">Small Business</span> and Supplier Diversity (the <span class="dictionary">Department</span>), which shall be headed by a Director appointed by the Governor to serve at his pleasure. The Director shall also serve as a special assistant to the Governor for small, women-owned, and <span class="dictionary">minority-owned business</span> development. <a id="paragraph-266654" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/2.2-1603/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The Director of the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> shall, under the direction and control of the Governor, exercise the powers and perform the duties conferred or imposed upon him by <span class="dictionary">law</span> and perform such other duties as may be required by the Governor. <a id="paragraph-266655" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/2.2-1603/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Department</span> shall have its main office in Richmond and may have branch offices as may be necessary, as determined by the Director subject to the approval of the Secretary of Commerce and Trade. <a id="paragraph-266656" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/2.2-1603/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2013, c. 482.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
