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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>64889</law_id><section_number>2.2-3002</section_number><catch_line>Exemptions from chapter</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><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="E">State Officers and Employees</unit><unit label="chapter" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="30">State Grievance Procedure</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Appointees of elected groups or individuals except as provided in subsection B of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="State employees" href="/2.2-3001/">2.2-3001</a>; <a id="paragraph-236116" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/2.2-3002/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Agency heads or chief executive officers of government agencies and public institutions of higher education appointed by boards and commissions; <a id="paragraph-236117" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/2.2-3002/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> <span class="dictionary">Law</span>-enforcement officers as defined in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/9.1-500/">9.1-500</a> whose grievances are subject to Chapter 5 (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/9.1-500/">9.1-500</a> et seq.) and who have elected to resolve such grievances under those provisions; and <a id="paragraph-236118" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/2.2-3002/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="4"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> Employees in positions designated in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Certain officers and employees exempt from chapter" href="/2.2-2905/">2.2-2905</a> as exempt from the Virginia Personnel Act (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Short title; purpose" href="/2.2-2900/">2.2-2900</a> et seq.). <a id="paragraph-236119" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/2.2-3002/#4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1995, cc. 770, 818, &#xA7; 2.1-116.013; 2001, c. 844.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
