Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

There are no access restrictions

Preferred Citation

Virginia Administrative Code historical records of the Virginia Code Commission, 1970-1997. Accession 53992, State government records collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Acquisition Information

Accession 53992 was transferred by the Virginia Code Commission on 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.

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

Virginia Administrative Code historical records, 1970-1997, of the Virginia Code Commission document the history, development, creation and implementation of the Virginia Administrative Code in 1996. The Virginia Administrative Code includes the permanent regulations of the Commonwealth of Virginia and has the full force of law. It 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. This series may include, but is not limited to: agency certifications, correspondence, drafts, meeting records, memoranda, page proofs, project files, proposals, and publications.

Additional Note

These records are part of the Virginia Code Commission record group (Record Group 82)