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This law was first created in 1978. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 388 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 1978 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 1986, chapter 302.<\/p>","references":[{"id":358858,"section_number":"30-71","catch_line":"Hearing criteria","order_by":null,"url":"\/30-71\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":358853,"section_number":"30-67","catch_line":"Discretionary selection procedure; coordination with standing committees; expenses","order_by":null,"url":"\/30-67\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1428061,"object_type":"law","relational_id":358857,"identifier":"30-70","token":"30\/8\/30-70","url":"\/30-70\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/30-70\/","token":"30\/8\/30-70","dublin_core":{"Title":"Reporting; hearings","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 30-70","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission shall publish and submit its reports with appropriate findings<\/span> and recommendations to the Governor and members of the General Assembly, and shall transmit them to the House and Senate standing committees identified by resolution in § 30-67<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The standing committees may hold a public hearing<\/span> on reports prepared pursuant to this chapter at their earliest convenience after the date of transmittal. Hearings<\/span> may be held jointly or singly by the committees. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> The standing committees shall hear testimony<\/span> from the Commission, agency<\/span> and program representatives, the public in general, and such others as may be deemed appropriate. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREPORTING; HEARINGS (\u00a7 30-70)\n\nA. The Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission shall publish and submit\nits reports with appropriate findings and recommendations to the Governor and\nmembers of the General Assembly, and shall transmit them to the House and Senate\nstanding committees identified by resolution in § 30-67.\n\nB. The standing committees may hold a public hearing on reports prepared\npursuant to this chapter at their earliest convenience after the date of\ntransmittal. Hearings may be held jointly or singly by the committees.\n\nC. The standing committees shall hear testimony from the Commission, agency and\nprogram representatives, the public in general, and such others as may be deemed\nappropriate.\n\nHISTORY: 1978, c. 388; 1986, c. 302.","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"}}