                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

PUBLICATION OF PROPOSED REGULATIONS (§ 28.2-209)

No regulation of general application shall be promulgated until the express
terms or a summary including a statement of purpose and substance of the
proposed regulation has been published by and at the expense of the agency at
least once in daily papers published and having general circulation in Richmond,
Norfolk, and Newport News. If the regulation has only local application, a
similar notice shall be published in daily or weekly papers, whichever have
greater circulation in the locality in which the regulation applies. A copy of
every regulation shall be filed in the office of the Commission and open to
public inspection. Such publication and filing shall be not less than fifteen
days prior to the day on which the public hearing is scheduled. The published
notice shall state the time, place, and nature of the hearing.

HISTORY: 1962, c. 406, § 28.1-24; 1984, c. 187; 1988, c. 364; 1992, c. 836;
2001, c. 599.