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This law was first created in 1977. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 672 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1977 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 4 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1978, chapter 255; in 1984, chapter 720; in 2001, chapter 844<\/a>; in 2005, chapter 385<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1399467,"object_type":"law","relational_id":351991,"identifier":"2.2-1100","token":"2.2\/I\/C\/11\/1\/2.2-1100","url":"\/2.2-1100\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/2.2-1100\/","token":"2.2\/I\/C\/11\/1\/2.2-1100","dublin_core":{"Title":"Creation of Department; appointment of Director; duties","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 2.2-1100","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

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B.<\/span> The Director of the Department shall, under the direction and control of the Governor, exercise the powers and perform the duties conferred or imposed upon him by law<\/span> and perform such other duties as may be required by the Governor. The Director shall be responsible for the overall supervision of the Department’s divisions, programs and personnel. Under his direction the Department shall serve as an agency whose services are primarily for the support of other state agencies in carrying out their programs. The head of each division shall, under the direction and control of the Director, exercise the powers and perform the duties conferred by this chapter as they pertain to his division and perform such other duties as required by the Director. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> Whenever in this title and in the Code of Virginia, reference is made to a division, department or agency transferred to this Department, it shall mean the Department of General Services, through the division to which the powers and duties of that division, department or agency are assigned. Notwithstanding anything in this section to the contrary, the Director shall have the authority to create new divisions within the Department and to assign or reassign the duties of the Department’s divisions to whatever divisions as may best perform them. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCREATION OF DEPARTMENT; APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTOR; DUTIES (\u00a7 2.2-1100)\n\nA. There is created a Department of General Services (the Department), which\nshall be headed by a Director appointed by the Governor to serve at his\npleasure.\n\nB. The Director of the Department shall, under the direction and control of the\nGovernor, exercise the powers and perform the duties conferred or imposed upon\nhim by law and perform such other duties as may be required by the Governor. The\nDirector shall be responsible for the overall supervision of the\nDepartment’s divisions, programs and personnel. Under his direction the\nDepartment shall serve as an agency whose services are primarily for the support\nof other state agencies in carrying out their programs. The head of each\ndivision shall, under the direction and control of the Director, exercise the\npowers and perform the duties conferred by this chapter as they pertain to his\ndivision and perform such other duties as required by the Director.\n\nC. Whenever in this title and in the Code of Virginia, reference is made to a\ndivision, department or agency transferred to this Department, it shall mean the\nDepartment of General Services, through the division to which the powers and\nduties of that division, department or agency are assigned. Notwithstanding\nanything in this section to the contrary, the Director shall have the authority\nto create new divisions within the Department and to assign or reassign the\nduties of the Department’s divisions to whatever divisions as may best\nperform them.\n\nHISTORY: 1977, c. 672, \u00a7\u00a7 2.1-422, 2.1-423, 2.1-425; 1978, c. 255; 1984, c.\n720; 2001, c. 844; 2005, c. 385.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}