Register of Regulations records of the Virginia Code Commission,

Access and use

Location of collection:
Library of Virginia
The Library of Virginia
800 East Broad Street
Richmond, VA 23219
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Archives Reference Services
Phone: (804) 692-3888
Preferred citation:

Register of regulations records of the Virginia Code Commission, [please cite dates and accessions used]. State government records collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Summary

Creator:
Virginia Code Commission
Preferred citation:

Register of regulations records of the Virginia Code Commission, [please cite dates and accessions used]. State government records collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

Register of Regulation records, 1937-2021, of the Virginia Code Commission contain information relating to the development, review and approval of published and unpublished regulations that form the Virginia Administrative Code. The Virginia Administrative Code has the full force of law and is created by any state agency that is permitted to create regulations and must follow the procedures put forth in the Virginia Administrative Process Act. These records may include notices of intent, drafts of proposed regulations, economic impact analysis, request for comments, the final regulations, meeting notices, form, errata notices, documents both included and cited as precedent, emergency action material generated documents and other technical support material generated during the process to develop and approve the regulation.

Biographical / historical:

The Commission on Code Recodification was created by an act of the General Assembly passed on March 30, 1946. Its principal duty was to make a complete recodification of the statute laws of the state of a general nature. This task was completed two years later, and the new code was approved by the General Assembly on March 30, 1948. An act passed by the General Assembly on March 16, 1948, made the commission a permanent agency of the legislative branch of government and changed the name of the commission to the Virginia Code Commission. The commission supervises the codification of the statutes after each General Assembly session and revises and recodifies portions of the Code of Virginia as needed.

In 1992 the Commission was charged with the responsibility of creating Virginia's first administrative code of regulations by compiling and codifying all of the administrative regulations of state agencies. The Commission also oversees the bi-weekly publication of The Virginia Register of Regulations, which is used by state agencies during the adoption of new regulations to be included in the Administrative Process Act.

Acquisition information:

Accession 43287 was transferred 06/29/2007

Accession 50533 was transferred 07/16/2012

Accession 51359 was transferred 07/14/2014

Accession 51557 was transferred 05/15/2015

Accession 51826 was transferred 06/14/2016

Accession 52908 was transferred 09/12/2016

Accession 51976 was transferred 013/08/2017

Accession 52018 was transferred 06/09/2017

Accession 52837 was transferred 09/25/2019

Accession 53907 was transferred 05/17/2023

Accession 53993 was transferred 09/07/2023

Processing information:

This collection has been processed using minimal processing standards: the original arrangement has been maintained, the container list is brief and simple, and the records have not been refoldered and fasteners have not been removed.

Physical description:
306 cu. ft.