CODE OF VIRGINIA

REORGANIZATION PLANS (§ 2.2-129)

When the Governor, after investigation, finds that the:

   1.  Transfer of the whole or a part of an agency, or of the whole or a part of
   the functions thereof, to the jurisdiction and control of another agency;

   2.  Abolition of all or a part of the functions of an agency;

   3.  Transfer or abolition of the whole or a part of the responsibilities of a
   board;

   4.  Abolition of a board;

   5.  Consolidation or coordination of the whole or a part of an agency, or of
   the whole or a part of the functions thereof, with the whole or a part of
   another agency or the functions thereof;

   6.  Consolidation or coordination of a part of an agency or the functions
   thereof with another part of the same agency or the functions thereof;

   7.  Abolition of the whole or a part of an agency which agency or part does
   not have, or on the taking effect of the reorganization plan will not have,
   any functions; or

   8.  Authorization for the exercise of functions or responsibilities by an
   agency, board, or officer to whom such functions or responsibilities have been
   transferred; is necessary to accomplish one or more of the purposes of §
   2.2-127, he shall prepare a plan for reorganization and transmit the plan to
   each house of the General Assembly at least forty-five days prior to the
   commencement of a regular or special session of the General Assembly.

HISTORY: 1977, c. 505, § 2.1-8.3; 2001, c. 844.