                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT POLICY FOR THE COMMONWEALTH (§ 2.2-205)

A. During the first year of each new gubernatorial administration, the
Secretary, with the assistance of a cabinet-level committee appointed in
accordance with subsection B, shall develop and implement a written
comprehensive economic development policy for the Commonwealth. In developing
this policy, the Secretary and the committee shall review the economic
development policy in effect at the commencement of the Governor&#8217;s term of
office. The Secretary shall make such revisions to the existing policy as the
Secretary deems necessary to ensure that it is appropriate for the Commonwealth.
Once the policy has been adopted by the Secretary and the committee and approved
by the Governor, it shall be submitted to the General Assembly for its
consideration.

B. During the first year of each new gubernatorial administration, the Governor
shall issue an executive order creating a cabinet-level committee to assist the
Secretary in the development of the comprehensive economic development policy
for the Commonwealth. The Secretary shall be the chairman of the committee, and
the Secretaries of Administration, Agriculture and Forestry, Education, Health
and Human Resources, Labor, Natural and Historic Resources, and Transportation
shall serve as committee members. The Governor may also appoint members of
regional and local economic development groups and members of the business
community to serve on the committee.

HISTORY: 1991, c. 562, § 2.1-51.39:1; 1993, c. 699; 2001, c. 844; 2004, c. 989;
2015, c. 166; 2020, c. 738; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 401, 453.