                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

REVIEW OF EXEMPTIONS BY JOINT LEGISLATIVE AUDIT AND REVIEW COMMISSION; JOINT
COMMISSION ON ADMINISTRATIVE RULES (§ 2.2-4005)

A. The Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission shall conduct a review
periodically of the exemptions authorized by this chapter. The purpose of this
review shall be to assess whether there are any exemptions that should be
discontinued or modified.

B. Beginning November 1, 2017, the Joint Commission on Administrative Rules
shall conduct a review of the exemptions authorized by this chapter on a
schedule established by the Joint Commission on Administrative Rules. The
purpose of this review shall be to assess whether any such exemption should be
discontinued or modified.

C. Beginning August 1, 2017, each agency having an exemption authorized by this
chapter, other than the courts, any agency of the Supreme Court, and any agency
that by the Constitution of Virginia is expressly granted any of the powers of a
court of record, shall submit a written report to the Joint Commission on
Administrative Rules on or before August 1, 2017, which report shall include the
date the exemption was enacted, a summary of the necessity for the exemption,
and a summary of any rule or regulation adopted pursuant to the exemption in the
immediately preceding two fiscal years, if any. Every two years thereafter, each
such agency shall submit a written report to the Joint Commission on
Administrative Rules that summarizes any rule or regulation adopted pursuant to
the exemption in the immediately preceding two fiscal years, if any.

D. In the event that an agency having an exemption authorized by this chapter
fails to submit the report required pursuant to subsection C, the Joint
Commission on Administrative Rules shall recommend to the Governor and the
General Assembly that such agency&#8217;s exemption be discontinued.

HISTORY: 1985, c. 602, § 9-6.14:4.1; 1986, c. 615; 1987, cc. 375, 652; 1988,
cc. 364, 424, 498, 723, 765, 820; 1989, cc. 54, 299, 478; 1990, cc. 721, 968;
1991, cc. 80, 294, 344; 1992, cc. 200, 409, 488, 592, 793; 1993, cc. 537, 669,
898; 1994, cc. 237, 577, 649, 740, 743, 801; 1995, cc. 103, 499, 516; 1996, cc.
51, 152, 158, 189, 205, 279, 320, 345, 573, 590, 598, 638, 705, 735, 818, 1012;
1997, cc. 87, 88, 109, 212, 390, 439, 567, 624, 785, 806, 845, 850, 861, 868;
1998, cc. 39, 619, 784; 1999, cc. 412, 421, 433, 603; 2000, cc. 382, 400, 924,
1011; 2001, c. 844; 2017, c. 678.