                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

GENERAL POWERS OF THE DEPARTMENTS ESTABLISHED IN THIS TITLE (§ 2.2-601)

Each department established in this title shall have the following general
powers to:

1. Employ such personnel as may be required to carry out the respective purposes
for which such department was created;

2. Make and enter into contracts and agreements necessary or incidental to the
performance of its duties and execution of its powers under this title;

3. Accept grants from the United States government and agencies and
instrumentalities thereof and any other source. To these ends, each department
shall have the power to comply with the conditions and execute the agreements
necessary, convenient, or desirable; and

4. Do all acts necessary or convenient to carry out the respective purposes for
which the department was created.

HISTORY: 1968, c. 223, § 2.1-63.2; 1974, c. 420, § 2.1-372; 1976, cc. 760,
761, §§ 2.1-114.4, 2.1-390; 1982, c. 345; 1984, cc. 728, 746, §§ 2.1-563.16,
2.1-708; 1985, cc. 72, 265, § 2.1-234.31; 1988, c. 839, § 2.1-738; 1995, c.
357; 1996, c. 727; 1997, c. 858; 1998, c. 808; 1999, cc. 342, 412, 421, 433;
2000, cc. 483, 491; 2001, c. 844.