{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2026\/code-json\/2.2-2699.9.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2026\/code-text\/2.2-2699.9.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2026\/code-xml\/2.2-2699.9.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2026\/code-html\/2.2-2699.9.html"}],"law_id":352712,"edition_id":2,"section_id":352712,"structure_id":50490,"section_number":"2.2-2699.9","catch_line":"Virginia Council on Environmental Justice","history":"2020, cc. 113, 1274.","full_text":"The Virginia Council on Environmental Justice is established as an advisory council, within the meaning of \u00a7 2.2-2100, in the executive branch of state government. The purpose of the Council is to advise the Governor and provide recommendations that maintain a foundation of environmental justice principles intended to protect vulnerable communities from disproportionate impacts of pollution.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1313124,"text":"The Virginia Council on Environmental Justice is established as an advisory council, within the meaning of \u00a7 2.2-2100, in the executive branch of state government. 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0113\">113<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP1274\">1274<\/a> 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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":352323,"section_number":"2.2-2100","catch_line":"Classification of executive branch boards, commissions and councils","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-2100\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1402433,"object_type":"law","relational_id":352712,"identifier":"2.2-2699.9","token":"2.2\/I\/D\/26\/36\/2.2-2699.9","url":"\/2.2-2699.9\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/2.2-2699.9\/","token":"2.2\/I\/D\/26\/36\/2.2-2699.9","dublin_core":{"Title":"Virginia Council on Environmental Justice","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 2.2-2699.9","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The Virginia <span class=\"dictionary\">Council<\/span> on <span class=\"dictionary\">Environmental Justice<\/span> is established as an advisory <span class=\"dictionary\">council<\/span>, within the meaning of \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Classification of executive branch boards, commissions and councils\" href=\"\/2.2-2100\/\">2.2-2100<\/a>, in the executive branch of state government. 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The purpose of the Council is to advise the Governor and provide\nrecommendations that maintain a foundation of environmental justice principles\nintended to protect vulnerable communities from disproportionate impacts of\npollution.\n\nHISTORY: 2020, cc. 113, 1274.","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"}}