                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DESIGNATION OF COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCIES; RESCISSION OF DESIGNATION (§
2.2-5407)

A. Each community action agency that has been designated by a unit of local
government and funded pursuant to the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 (Public
Law 88-452) that was in operation on July 1, 1982, and is still in operation
shall be deemed a community action agency for the purposes of this chapter.

B. No new community action agency shall be designated in any area of the
Commonwealth that is served by an existing community action agency.

C. The Governor may designate a community action agency to serve any locality
not currently served by an existing community action agency. This determination
may be through the expansion of the service area of an existing community action
agency or the designation of a new community action agency.
			The designated agency shall receive and review requests for the expansion of
existing community action agencies or the designation of new community action
agencies and shall present to the Secretary of Health and Human Resources a
recommendation for community action status and funding. The review and
recommendation shall be in compliance with regulations developed by the board of
the designated agency.
			Upon completion of a satisfactory review of the request, the Secretary shall
forward a recommendation to the Governor.

D. The Secretary of Human Resources may recommend that the Governor rescind the
designation of a community action agency for cause or by mutual agreement.
			If the rescission is for cause, the Secretary shall:

   1. Receive from the designated agency a request to rescind the designation of
   the community action agency, including the causes for the request;

   2. Notify the chief elected official of each local governing body in the
   service area of the intent to rescind the designation of the community action
   agency;

   3. Provide the community action agency the opportunity for a hearing on the
   record; and

   4. Meet any other provisions required by federal law.
   				If the rescission is by mutual agreement, the Secretary shall:

   1. Receive from the designated agency a resolution, approved by the governing
   body of the community action agency, requesting the Governor to rescind its
   designation as a community action agency. The resolution shall include a
   proposed effective date for the rescission; and

   2. Meet any other provisions required by federal law.

HISTORY: 1982, c. 667, § 2.1-597; 2001, c. 844; 2007, c. 522.