Project Files 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:

Project files, 1970-2013, of the Virginia Code Commission include records related to the Obsolete Provision Project / Repeal Project, as well as records of the Virginia Register Advisory Committee and the Administrative Law Advisory Committee. Includes correspondence, code citations, legislation, research materials, and reports.

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 53908 was transferred by the Virginia Code Commission on May 17, 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:
3 cu. ft.