                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

POSITION ESTABLISHED; AGENCIES FOR WHICH RESPONSIBLE; ADDITIONAL DUTIES (§
2.2-204)

The position of Secretary of Commerce and Trade (the Secretary) is created. The
Secretary shall be responsible to the Governor for the following agencies:
Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority, Commonwealth of Virginia
Innovation Partnership Authority, Virginia International Trade Corporation,
Virginia Tourism Authority, Department of Energy, Department of Housing and
Community Development, Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity,
Virginia Housing Development Authority, and Tobacco Region Revitalization
Commission. The Governor, by executive order, may assign any state executive
agency to the Secretary, or reassign any agency listed in this section to
another Secretary.
		The Secretary shall implement the provisions of the Virginia Biotechnology
Research Act (§ 2.2-5500 et seq.).

HISTORY: 1986, c. 492, §§ 2.1-51.38, 2.1-51.40; 1988, cc. 67, 173; 1989, c.
165; 1991, c. 337; 1993, cc. 499, 699; 1994, c. 472, § 2.1-51.39:2; 1995, c.
89; 1996, cc. 589, 590, 598, 599, 702; 1999, cc. 412, 421, 433; 2001, cc. 832,
844; 2004, cc. 57, 940, 963; 2013, c. 482; 2014, c. 432; 2016, c. 749; 2017, cc.
30, 31; 2020, cc. 738, 1164, 1169; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 453, 532; 2024, cc.
654, 677.