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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>352121</law_id><section_number>2.2-128</section_number><catch_line>Definitions</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><referred_to_by><reference>15.2-2903</reference><reference>2.2-614.5</reference><reference>56-1.2</reference><reference>56-1.2:1</reference><reference>56-232.2:1</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="3" identifier="2.2">Administration of Government</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="I">Organization of State Government</unit><unit label="part" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="A">Office of the Governor</unit><unit label="chapter" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="1">Governor</unit><unit label="article" level="5" order_by="2" identifier="2">Executive Reorganization</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>For the purpose of this chapter:</p><p>&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Agency</span>&#x201D; means an administrative unit of state government, including any department, institution, commission, <span class="dictionary">board</span>, council, authority, or other body, however designated.</p><p>&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Board</span>&#x201D; means any collegial body in the executive branch of state government created by the General Assembly.</p><p>&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Function</span>&#x201D; means an activity, assignment or set of operations.</p><p>&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Reorganization</span>&#x201D; means a transfer, <span class="dictionary">consolidation</span>, coordination, or abolition of a <span class="dictionary">function</span>, or the assignment or reassignment of responsibility and authority for the execution of a <span class="dictionary">function</span>.</p></section></text><history>1977, c. 505, &#xA7; 2.1-8.2; 2001, c. 844.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
