General Provisions

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This is Chapter 28 of the Code of Virginia, titled “General Provisions.” It is part of Part E “State Officers and Employees”, which is part of Subtitle I “Organization of State Government”, which is part of Title 2.2 “Administration of Government”. It contains 44 laws.

It’s comprised of the following 44 sections.

§ 2.2-2800	Disability to hold state office
§ 2.2-2801	Disability to hold state office; exceptions
§ 2.2-2802	Exception as to public officer or employee who engages in war service or is called to active duty in the Armed Forces of the United States
§ 2.2-2803	Exception as to public officer or employee serving in the Selective Service System of the United States
§ 2.2-2804	Selective Service compliance
§ 2.2-2805	Members of armed forces; reserve forces
§ 2.2-2806	Holding other office by officers of state institutions
§ 2.2-2807	Prohibition against holding two elected offices simultaneously; exceptions
§ 2.2-2808	Acts under color of office; contracts in violation of chapter
§ 2.2-2809	Bonds of certain officers required; condition
§ 2.2-2810	Premiums on such bonds
§ 2.2-2811	Where bonds filed
§ 2.2-2812	Employment of personnel
§ 2.2-2812.1	State agencies prohibited from inquiring about arrests, charges, or convictions on employment applications; exceptions
§ 2.2-2813	Definitions; compensation and expense payments from state funds for service on collegial bodies
§ 2.2-2814	How salaries, expenses and other allowances paid; time of payment
§ 2.2-2815	Increase in salaries
§ 2.2-2816	Liability of salary of officer for debt he owes Commonwealth; how enforced; when officer's right to file petition barred
§ 2.2-2817	Defense of employees
§ 2.2-2817.1	State agencies to establish alternative work schedules; reporting requirement
§ 2.2-2817.2	Employees of the University of Virginia Medical Center
§ 2.2-2818	Health and related insurance for state employees
§ 2.2-2818.01	Employer contributions
§ 2.2-2818.1	Supplemental health insurance coverage; state employees eligible for military health insurance coverage
§ 2.2-2818.2	Application of mandates to the state employee health insurance plan
§ 2.2-2819	Purchase of continued health insurance coverage by the surviving spouse and any dependents of an active or retired state employee
§ 2.2-2820	Purchase of health insurance coverage by part-time state employees
§ 2.2-2820.1	Repealed
§ 2.2-2821	Workers' compensation insurance plan for state employees trust fund for payment of claims
§ 2.2-2821.1	Leave for bone marrow or organ donation
§ 2.2-2821.2	Leave for volunteer fire and volunteer emergency medical services
§ 2.2-2821.3	Leave for volunteer members of Civil Air Patrol
§ 2.2-2822	Ownership and use of patents and copyrights developed by certain public employees; Creative Commons copyrights
§ 2.2-2823	Traveling expenses on state business; public or private transportation
§ 2.2-2824	Monitoring travel expenses while on state business
§ 2.2-2825	Reimbursement for certain travel expenditures; restrictions on reimbursement
§ 2.2-2826	Travel expense accounts; review by Comptroller
§ 2.2-2827	Restrictions on state employee access to information infrastructure
§ 2.2-2828	Repealed
§ 2.2-2829	Disappearance of public officer; when office presumed vacant
§ 2.2-2830	Governor to fill vacancy in any state office where no other provision is made by law; term of appointment; benefits
§ 2.2-2831	Payment of severance benefits; exceptions
§ 2.2-2832	Retaliatory actions against persons providing testimony before a committee or subcommittee of the General Assembly
§ 2.2-2833	Possession of naloxone or other opioid antagonists by state agencies