§ 2.2-2900 Short title; purpose.

History

This law was first passed in 1950. It was updated in 1966, 1970, and 2001.

Court Decisions

Virginia Department of Corrections v. Jeffrey Compton (COA, 12/20/05)
Circuit court erred in determining that the Notice of Termination failed to give adequate notice that appellees termination was based upon conduct unbecoming as well as the fact of his criminal conviction and in holding that the hearing officer exceeded the scope of his statutory authority; judgment reversed and appellants termination reinstated
John H Pound v Dept of Game and Inland Fisheries (COA, 03/11/03)
No error in finding Pound not eligible for benefits under VaLORS

Cross References

§ 2.2-103 Authority to formulate executive branch policies; chief officer for personnel administration and planning and budget.
§ 2.2-602 Duties of agencies and their appointing authorities.
§ 2.2-804 Recovery of certain improper payments to state officers and employees.
§ 2.2-2215 Powers not restrictive; exemptions from Public Procurement Act and the Virginia Personnel Act.
§ 2.2-2220 Board of directors; members; President.
§ 2.2-2231 Exemption of Authority from personnel and procurement procedures.
§ 2.2-2232 Auxiliaries.
§ 2.2-2244 Exemption of Authority from personnel and procurement procedures.
§ 2.2-2325 Exemptions from personnel and procurement procedures.
§ 2.2-2812 Employment of personnel.
§ 2.2-3002 Exemptions from chapter.
§ 2.2-3202 Eligibility for transitional severance benefit.
§ 3.2-1304 Powers and duties of Beef Industry Council.
§ 3.2-1904 Powers and duties of Peanut Board.
§ 3.2-2004 Powers and duties of Pork Industry Board.
§ 3.2-2405 Powers and duties of the Tobacco Board.
§ 3.2-2702 Marine Products Board officers and compensation.
§ 3.2-2805 Powers and duties of Commissioner.
§ 3.2-2904 Powers and duties of the Agricultural Council.
§ 3.2-3105 Appointment of director; Commission employees; counsel to the Commission.
§ 3.2-3501 Commissioner to manage farmers market operations.
§ 9.1-107 Powers and duties of Director.
§ 10.1-1602 Board of directors.
§ 15.2-5405.1 Applicability of personnel and procurement procedures to certain authorities.
§ 15.2-6314.1 Applicability of the Virginia Personnel Act and the Virginia Public Procurement Act.
§ 16.1-69.39 Appointment of personnel.
§ 16.1-233 Department to develop court services; court services units; appointment and removal of employees; salaries.
§ 16.1-235 How probation, parole and related court services provided.
§ 16.1-236 Supervisory officers.
§ 16.1-236.1 Court services unit directors.
§ 16.1-238 Compensation of probation officers, court service staff members and related court service personnel; reimbursement; traveling and other expenses.
§ 22.1-346 Transfer of property; rights and duties of the Board of Visitors of the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind; supervision of school; appointment and removal of officers and faculty; certain funding initiatives.
§ 22.1-346.2 Board of Visitors of the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind established.
§ 22.1-349 Terms of employment of teachers.
§ 23-38.52 Employment of staff; acceptance of gifts; student financial assistance programs.
§ 23-38.102 Campus police.
§ 23-38.114 General; definition.
§ 23-38.115 Election by certain Covered Employees.
§ 23-38.116 Human resources programs.
§ 23-38.117 Grievance procedures.
§ 23-38.120 Severance policies.
§ 23-50.16:10 Police power.
§ 23-50.16:34 Exemption of Authority from Personnel Act, Workforce Transition Act, Administrative Process Act, and Public Procurement Act.
§ 23-124 Appointment of professors; removal of professors and officers.
§ 23-225 Agents and employees generally.
§ 23-232 Establishment authorized; employment of officers.
§ 23-236 Investigation of prospective officers; terms of employment; uniforms, etc.
§ 28.2-1001 Potomac River Compact.
§ 32.1-122.7:2 Powers and duties of the Virginia Health Workforce Development Authority; exemptions.
§ 32.1-297.1 The Virginia Transplant Council.
§ 36-107 Employment of personnel for administration of chapter.
§ 37.2-200 State Board of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services.
§ 37.2-707 Employment and qualifications of directors of state facilities.
§ 46.2-1503.2 State Personnel and Public Procurement Acts not applicable.
§ 46.2-2803 (Repealed effective January 1, 2013) State Personnel and Public Procurement Acts not applicable.
§ 51.1-124.27 Employees of the Retirement System.
§ 51.5-39.11 (Repealed effective January 1, 2014) Employees of the Virginia Office for Protection and Advocacy.
§ 53.1-10 Powers and duties of Director.
§ 53.1-12 Divisions of Department; division heads.
§ 53.1-32.1 Classification system; program assignments; mandatory participation.
§ 53.1-140 Powers and duties of Director of Department.
§ 53.1-147 Compensation; expenses.
§ 54.1-2505 Powers and duties of Director of Department.
§ 58.1-213 Assistants and clerks.
§ 58.1-4024 Employees of the Department.
§ 62.1-132.6 Powers not restrictive; exemptions from Public Procurement Act and the Virginia Personnel Act.
§ 63.2-210 Appointment of division heads.
§ 63.2-212 Employment of agents and employees.
§ 63.2-213 Powers, duties, titles and functions of agents and employees.

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This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Virginia Personnel Act.”

The purpose of this chapter is to ensure for the Commonwealth a system of personnel administration based on merit principles and objective methods of appointment, promotion, transfer, layoff, removal, discipline, and other incidents of state employment.

History

This law has been modified 2 times since it was first created in 1966. Those modifications are cataloged by “The Acts of Assembly,” a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly’s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1970, chapter 546; in 2001, chapter 844.

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