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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>62113</law_id><section_number>2.2-4012.1</section_number><catch_line>Fast-track rulemaking process</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>10.1-104.2:1</reference><reference>2.2-4007.01</reference><reference>2.2-4012</reference><reference>3.2-5121</reference><reference>35.1-14</reference><reference>54.1-2105.03</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="II">Administration of State Government</unit><unit label="part" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="B">Transaction of Public Business</unit><unit label="chapter" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="40">Administrative Process Act</unit><unit label="article" level="5" order_by="1" identifier="2">Regulations</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Notwithstanding any other provision, <span class="dictionary">rules</span> that are expected to be noncontroversial may be promulgated or repealed in accordance with the process set out in this section. Upon the concurrence of the Governor, and after written notice to the applicable standing committees of the Senate of Virginia and the House of Delegates, and to the Joint Commission on Administrative <span class="dictionary">Rules</span>, the <span class="dictionary">agency</span> may submit a fast-track <span class="dictionary">regulation</span> without having previously published a Notice of Intended Regulatory Action. The fast-track <span class="dictionary">regulation</span> shall be published in the <span class="dictionary">Virginia Register of Regulations</span> and posted on the <span class="dictionary">Virginia Regulatory Town Hall</span>, along with an <span class="dictionary">agency</span> statement setting out the reasons for using the fast-track rulemaking process. Such regulations shall be subject to the requirements set out in &#xA7;&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Informational proceedings; effect of noncompliance" href="/2.2-4007.03/">2.2-4007.03</a>, <a class="law" title="Economic impact analysis" href="/2.2-4007.04/">2.2-4007.04</a>, and <a class="law" title="Submission of proposed regulations to the Registrar" href="/2.2-4007.05/">2.2-4007.05</a>, except that the time for receiving public comment need not exceed 30 days after (i) publication of the <span class="dictionary">regulation</span> in the <span class="dictionary">Virginia Register of Regulations</span> and (ii) a public comment forum opens on the <span class="dictionary">Virginia Regulatory Town Hall</span>. The time for preparation of the economic impact analysis shall not exceed 30 days. If an objection to the use of the fast-track process is received within the public comment period from 10 or more persons, any member of the applicable standing committee of either house of the General Assembly or of the Joint Commission on Administrative <span class="dictionary">Rules</span>, the <span class="dictionary">agency</span> shall (i) file notice of the objection with the <span class="dictionary">Registrar</span> of Regulations for publication in the Virginia Register, and (ii) proceed with the normal promulgation process set out in this article with the initial publication of the fast-track <span class="dictionary">regulation</span> serving as the Notice of Intended Regulatory Action. Otherwise, the <span class="dictionary">regulation</span> will become effective or shall be repealed as appropriate, 15 days after the close of the comment period, unless the <span class="dictionary">regulation</span> or repeal is withdrawn or a later effective date is specified by the <span class="dictionary">agency</span>.</p></section></text><history>2003, c. 224; 2007, cc. 873, 916.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
