                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

ORDERS TRANSMITTED TO AND THROUGH THE GOVERNOR (§ 44-114.1)

All orders from the federal government or any of its officers, agencies, or
departments to the state militia of Virginia, including the National Guard and
the unorganized militia, that relate to the call, induction, or drafting of
Virginia state troops of any type or description into the federal service for
active duty or otherwise and withdrawing them from the control of the Governor
of Virginia shall be first transmitted to and through the Governor of Virginia.
The Governor, as commander in chief of the state militia, shall not approve,
consent to, or concur in any such order that has not been transmitted as herein
required.

HISTORY: 1958, c. 540, § 1; 2015, c. 221.