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Such submission shall satisfy the requirement for communication to the General Assembly.\n\nB\n\nAny report required or requested by law or resolution to be submitted to any committee, subcommittee, commission, agency, or other body within the legislative branch or to the chairman or agency head of such entity shall also be submitted to the Division of Legislative Automated Systems in a written or electronic format as provided in the procedures for the processing of legislative documents and reports.\n\nC\n\nThe reports submitted to the Division of Legislative Automated Systems shall include an executive summary. The Division shall post the executive summary and the report on the website of the General Assembly and develop a notification process to inform interested persons of such postings. Any requirement for a separate executive summary may be satisfied by the submission of a report in a written or electronic format with an executive summary.\n\nD\n\nThe Director of the Division of Legislative Automated Systems and the publishing authority may enter into agreements to provide equivalent access to the report or the information contained in the report and such access shall satisfy the submission requirement of this section.\n\nE\n\nNothing in this section shall be construed to require the release of information otherwise held confidential by law.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1334370,"text":"Any report required or requested by law or resolution to be submitted to the General Assembly shall be submitted to the Division of Legislative Automated Systems in a written or electronic format as provided in the procedures for the processing of legislative documents. 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This law was first created in 2003. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 941<\/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. It has been modified 3 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 2004, chapter 650<\/a>; in 2005, chapter 633<\/a>; in 2012, chapter 434<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1427041,"object_type":"law","relational_id":358717,"identifier":"30-34.15","token":"30\/3.2\/30-34.15","url":"\/30-34.15\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/30-34.15\/","token":"30\/3.2\/30-34.15","dublin_core":{"Title":"Submission of reports and executive summaries to the legislative branch","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 30-34.15","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Any report required or requested by law<\/span> or resolution to be submitted to the General Assembly shall be submitted to the Division of Legislative Automated Systems in a written or electronic format as provided in the procedures for the processing of legislative documents. Such submission shall satisfy the requirement for communication to the General Assembly. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Any report required or requested by law<\/span> or resolution to be submitted to any committee, subcommittee, commission, agency, or other body within the legislative branch or to the chairman or agency head of such entity shall also be submitted to the Division of Legislative Automated Systems in a written or electronic format as provided in the procedures for the processing of legislative documents and reports. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> The reports submitted to the Division of Legislative Automated Systems shall include an executive summary. The Division shall post the executive summary and the report on the website of the General Assembly and develop a notification process to inform interested persons of such postings. Any requirement for a separate executive summary may be satisfied by the submission of a report in a written or electronic format with an executive summary. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

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E.<\/span> Nothing in this section shall be construed to require the release of information otherwise held confidential by law<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSUBMISSION OF REPORTS AND EXECUTIVE SUMMARIES TO THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH (\u00a7\n30-34.15)\n\nA. Any report required or requested by law or resolution to be submitted to the\nGeneral Assembly shall be submitted to the Division of Legislative Automated\nSystems in a written or electronic format as provided in the procedures for the\nprocessing of legislative documents. Such submission shall satisfy the\nrequirement for communication to the General Assembly.\n\nB. Any report required or requested by law or resolution to be submitted to any\ncommittee, subcommittee, commission, agency, or other body within the\nlegislative branch or to the chairman or agency head of such entity shall also\nbe submitted to the Division of Legislative Automated Systems in a written or\nelectronic format as provided in the procedures for the processing of\nlegislative documents and reports.\n\nC. The reports submitted to the Division of Legislative Automated Systems shall\ninclude an executive summary. The Division shall post the executive summary and\nthe report on the website of the General Assembly and develop a notification\nprocess to inform interested persons of such postings. Any requirement for a\nseparate executive summary may be satisfied by the submission of a report in a\nwritten or electronic format with an executive summary.\n\nD. The Director of the Division of Legislative Automated Systems and the\npublishing authority may enter into agreements to provide equivalent access to\nthe report or the information contained in the report and such access shall\nsatisfy the submission requirement of this section.\n\nE. Nothing in this section shall be construed to require the release of\ninformation otherwise held confidential by law.\n\nHISTORY: 2003, c. 941; 2004, c. 650; 2005, c. 633; 2012, c. 434.","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"}}