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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>56592</law_id><section_number>45.2-103</section_number><catch_line> Powers of Department</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="45.2">Mines, Minerals, and Energy</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="I">Administration</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="1">Administration</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="1">Department of Energy</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The <span class="dictionary">Department</span> shall have the following powers and duties, any of which, with the approval of the <span class="dictionary">Director</span>, may be exercised by any division of the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> with respect to matters assigned to that division:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> To employ the personnel required to carry out the purposes of this title; <a id="paragraph-207100" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/45.2-103/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> To make and enter into any <span class="dictionary">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 <span class="dictionary">contracts</span> with the private sector, the United States, other state agencies, and governmental subdivisions of the Commonwealth; <a id="paragraph-207101" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/45.2-103/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> To accept grants from the United States government and agencies and instrumentalities thereof and any other source. To these ends, the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> may comply with any condition and execute any agreement that is necessary, convenient, or desirable; <a id="paragraph-207102" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/45.2-103/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="4"><p><span class="prefix-number">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 <span class="dictionary">law</span>. Such regulations shall be adopted by the <span class="dictionary">Department</span>, the <span class="dictionary">Chief</span>, or the <span class="dictionary">Director</span>, as appropriate, and in accordance with the provisions of Article 2 (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Exemptions from requirements of this article" href="/2.2-4006/">2.2-4006</a> et seq.) of the Administrative Process Act; and <a id="paragraph-207103" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/45.2-103/#4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="5"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> To do all acts necessary or convenient to carry out the purposes of this title. <a id="paragraph-207104" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/45.2-103/#5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1984, c. 590, &#xA7; 45.1-1.3; 1994, c. 28, &#xA7; 45.1-161.3; 2014, c. 145; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 387.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
