Virginia § 2.2-601 General powers of the departments established in this title

Virginia Statutes

§ 2.2-601 — General powers of the departments established in this title

Virginia § 2.2-601

JurisdictionVirginia

Title 2.2ADMINISTRATION OF GOVERNMENT

Subtitle IORGANIZATION OF STATE GOVERNMENT

Ch. 6GENERAL PROVISIONS

Art. 1IN GENERAL

Part CSTATE AGENCIES RELATED TO THE GENERAL OPERATION OF GOVERNMENT

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Va. Code Ann. § 2.2-601 (2026).

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Each department established in this title shall have the following general powers to:

1.Employ such personnel as may be required to carry out the respective purposes for which such department was created;

2.Make and enter into contracts and agreements necessary or incidental to the performance of its duties and execution of its powers under this title;

3.Accept grants from the United States government and agencies and instrumentalities thereof and any other source. To these ends, each department shall have the power to comply with the conditions and execute the agreements necessary, convenient, or desirable; and

4.Do all acts necessary or convenient to carry out the respective purposes for which the department was created.

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Each department established in this title shall have the following general powers to:

1. Employ such personnel as may be required to carry out the respective purposes for which such department was created;

2. Make and enter into contracts and agreements necessary or incidental to the performance of its duties and execution of its powers under this title;

3. Accept grants from the United States government and agencies and instrumentalities thereof and any other source. To these ends, each department shall have the power to comply with the conditions and execute the agreements necessary, convenient, or desirable; and

4. Do all acts necessary or convenient to carry out the respective purposes for which the department was created.

Legislative History

1968, c. 223, § 2.1-63.2; 1974, c. 420, § 2.1-372; 1976, cc. 760, 761, §§ 2.1-114.4, 2.1-390; 1982, c. 345; 1984, cc. 728, 746, §§ 2.1-563.16, 2.1-708; 1985, cc. 72, 265, § 2.1-234.31; 1988, c. 839, § 2.1-738; 1995, c. 357; 1996, c. 727; 1997, c. 858; 1998, c. 808; 1999, cc. 342, 412, 421, 433; 2000, cc. 483, 491; 2001, c. 844.