                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

PUBLICATION OF VIRGINIA REGISTER OF REGULATIONS; EXCEPTIONS; NOTICE OF PUBLIC
HEARINGS OF PROPOSED REGULATIONS (§ 2.2-4031)

A. The Registrar shall publish every two weeks a Virginia Register of
Regulations that shall include (i) proposed and final regulations; (ii)
emergency regulations; (iii) executive orders; (iv) notices of all public
hearings on regulations; and (v) petitions for rulemaking made in accordance
with &#xA7; 2.2-4007. The entire proposed regulation shall be published in the
Register; however, if an existing regulation has been previously published in
the Virginia Administrative Code, then only those sections of regulations to be
amended need to be published in the Register. If the length of the regulation
falls within the guidelines established by the Registrar for the publication of
a summary in lieu of the full text of the regulation, then, after consultation
with the promulgating agency, the Registrar may publish only the summary of the
regulation. In this event, the full text of the regulation shall be available
for public inspection at the office of the Registrar and the promulgating
agency.
			If a proposed regulation is adopted as published or, in the sole discretion
of the Registrar of Regulations, the only changes that have been made are those
that can be clearly and concisely explained, the adopted regulation need not be
published at length. Instead, the Register shall contain a notation that the
proposed regulation has been adopted as published as a proposed regulation
without change or stating the changes made. The proposed regulation shall be
clearly identified with a citation to the issue and page numbers where
published.
			A copy of all reporting forms the promulgating agency anticipates will be
incorporated into or be used in administering the regulation shall be published
with the proposed and final regulation in the Register.

B. Each regulation shall be prefaced with a summary explaining that regulation
in plain and clear language. Summaries shall be prepared by the promulgating
agency and approved by the Registrar prior to their publication in the Register.
The notice required by &#xA7; 2.2-4007.03 shall include (i) a statement of the
date, time and place of the hearing at which the regulation is to be considered;
(ii) a brief statement as to the regulation under consideration; (iii) reference
to the legal authority of the agency to act; and (iv) the name, address and
telephone number of an individual to contact for further information about that
regulation. Agencies shall present their proposed regulations in a standardized
format developed by the Virginia Code Commission in accordance with subdivision
2 of &#xA7; 2.2-4104 of the Virginia Register Act (&#xA7; 2.2-4100 et seq.).
Notwithstanding the exemptions allowed under &#xA7; 2.2-4002, 2.2-4006 or
2.2-4011, the proposed and final regulations of all agencies shall be published
in the Register. However, proposed regulations of the Marine Resources
Commission and regulations exempted by subject from the provisions of this
chapter by subsection B of &#xA7; 2.2-4002 shall be exempt from this section.

C. The Virginia Register of Regulations shall be published by posting the
Register on the Virginia Code Commission&#8217;s website. The Virginia Code
Commission may arrange for the printing of the Virginia Register as provided in
&#xA7; 30-146.

HISTORY: 1984, c. 5, § 9-6.14:22; 1985, cc. 67, 602; 1986, c. 615; 1988, c.
364; 1989, c. 71; 1992, c. 216; 2001, c. 844; 2002, c. 241; 2003, c. 212; 2007,
cc. 300, 873, 916; 2011, c. 800.