                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

POSITION ESTABLISHED; AGENCIES FOR WHICH RESPONSIBLE (§ 2.2-215)

The position of Secretary of Natural and Historic Resources (the Secretary) is
created. The Secretary shall be responsible to the Governor for the following
agencies: Department of Conservation and Recreation, Department of Historic
Resources, Marine Resources Commission, Department of Wildlife Resources, and
the Department of Environmental Quality and for the Chief Resilience Officer
pursuant to § 2.2-220.5. The Governor may, by executive order, assign any state
executive agency to the Secretary of Natural and Historic Resources or reassign
any agency listed in this section to another Secretary.

HISTORY: 1972, c. 641, §§ 2.1-51.7, 2.1-51.9; 1974, cc. 44, 45, 354, 420;
1975, c. 390; 1976, cc. 729, 732, 733, 734, 743, 767; 1978, c. 32; 1979, c. 294;
1982, c. 459; 1984, cc. 590, 720, 739, 750; 1985, cc. 193, 447, 448; 1986, cc.
335, 492, 567, 492; 1988, cc. 608, 707, 891; 1989, c. 656; 1992, c. 887; 2001,
c. 844; 2004, c. 142; 2005, c. 41; 2012, cc. 803, 835; 2020, c. 958; 2021, Sp.
Sess. I, c. 401; 2022, c. 786.