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This law was first created in 1984. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 590 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 1984 \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 1994, chapter 28<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1449557,"object_type":"law","relational_id":363971,"identifier":"45.2-102","token":"45.2\/I\/1\/1\/45.2-102","url":"\/45.2-102\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/45.2-102\/","token":"45.2\/I\/1\/1\/45.2-102","dublin_core":{"Title":" Department of Energy; appointment of Director","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 45.2-102","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Department<\/span> of Energy is established in the executive branch within the Secretariat of Commerce and Trade. The Department<\/span> shall be headed by a Director<\/span> who shall be appointed by the Governor, subject to confirmation by the General Assembly, to serve at the pleasure of the Governor for a term coincident with the Governor’s term.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\n DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY; APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTOR (\u00a7 45.2-102)\n\nThe Department of Energy is established in the executive branch within the\nSecretariat of Commerce and Trade. The Department shall be headed by a Director\nwho shall be appointed by the Governor, subject to confirmation by the General\nAssembly, to serve at the pleasure of the Governor for a term coincident with\nthe Governor’s term.\n\nHISTORY: 1984, c. 590, \u00a7 45.1-1.1; 1994, c. 28, \u00a7 45.1-161.2; 2021, Sp. Sess.\nI, cc. 387, 532.","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"}}