CODE OF VIRGINIA

DEPARTMENT CREATED; APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTOR; DIRECTOR TO SERVE AS STATE HISTORIC
PRESERVATION OFFICER (§ 10.1-2201)

There is hereby created a Department of Historic Resources. The Department shall
be headed by a Director.The Director shall be appointed by the Governor to serve
at his pleasure for a term coincident with his own.  The Director shall be
subject to confirmation by the General Assembly if it is in session when the
appointment is made, and if not then in session, at the next succeeding
session.The Director shall also serve as the State Historic Preservation Officer
for the purposes of carrying out the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966
(P.L. 89-665), as amended.

HISTORY: 1989, c. 656.