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.

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.

Historical Information

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.

Scope and Content Note

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.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Virginia Code Commission
• Virginia. -- Administrative Process Act.
• Administrative agencies -- Virginia.
• Administrative law -- Virginia.
• Administrative procedure -- Virginia.
• Delegated legislation -- Virginia.
• Laws -- Virginia.
• Statutes -- Virginia.
• Virginia Administrative Code
• Codes (regulations) -- aat.
• Drafts (documents) -- aat.
• Forms. -- aat.
• Letters (correspondence) -- aat.
• State government records -- Virginia. -- aat.
• Virginia register of regulations. -- Periodicals

Additional Note

Unprocessed.

Additional Note

These records are part of the Virginia Code Commission record group (RG# 82)