                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DEPARTMENT CREATED; APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTOR; DIRECTOR TO SERVE AS STATE HISTORIC
PRESERVATION OFFICER (§ 10.1-2201)

There is hereby created a Department of Historic Resources. The Department shall
be headed by a Director.
		The Director shall be appointed by the Governor to serve at his pleasure for a
term coincident with his own. The Director shall be subject to confirmation by
the General Assembly if it is in session when the appointment is made, and if
not then in session, at the next succeeding session.
		The Director shall also serve as the State Historic Preservation Officer for
the purposes of carrying out the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966
(P.L. 89-665), as amended.

HISTORY: 1989, c. 656.