                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

CLERK TO BE KEEPER OF THE ROLLS; OTHER DUTIES (§ 30-14)

The Clerk of the House of Delegates shall be the Keeper of Rolls of the
Commonwealth. He shall enroll all of the acts of the General Assembly and joint
resolutions proposing amendments to the Constitution by such other permanent and
substantial method or methods as he may deem proper; and shall have the enrolled
acts bound for publication after they have been signed by the Speaker of the
House of Delegates and the President of the Senate.

The Clerk of the House of Delegates shall have the custody of the acts and joint
resolutions of the General Assembly, and the records of the House of Delegates;
and, when required, shall furnish a copy of any or any part of any of them, or
of any section or sections of the Code in the form published pursuant to §
30-148; which copy, being certified by him shall be evidence for any purpose for
which the original would be received, and with as much effect. If an act or part
of an act of the General Assembly has been codified and assigned a section
number as a part of the Code of Virginia, by the Virginia Code Commission
pursuant to § 30-148, he may also certify that fact.

He shall, as soon as practicable after every act is passed, prepare the acts for
publication with a notation of the day upon which every act was approved by the
Governor or became law without his approval. He shall furnish to the Director of
the Division of Legislative Automated Systems the manuscript of all acts of the
General Assembly and joint resolutions proposing amendments to the Constitution
and joint resolutions providing for studies for legislation, or a copy thereof,
properly arranged for publication. As soon as practicable after the adjournment
of the General Assembly, he shall furnish the index and the tables required by
law and the date of adjournment of the session, and shall superintend the
publication of such acts, joint resolutions, resolutions, date of adjournment,
tables and index, in connection with the Director of the Division of Legislative
Automated Systems.

HISTORY: Code 1919, § 307; 1940, p. 472; 1959, Ex. Sess., c. 84; 1970, c. 170;
1994, c. 623; 2005, c. 839.