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The summary shall be a public record, and shall be made available to the agency subject to the audit, the Governor, and the chairmen of the House and Senate Committees on General Laws, the House Committee on Appropriations, and the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations of the General Assembly.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1354857,"text":"The Librarian may, in his discretion, conduct an audit of the records management practices of any agency. Any agency subject to the audit shall cooperate and provide the Library with any records or assistance that it requests. The Librarian shall compile a written summary of the findings of the audit and any actions necessary to bring the agency into compliance with this chapter. 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?061+ful+CHAP0060\">60<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1448229,"object_type":"law","relational_id":363640,"identifier":"42.1-90.1","token":"42.1\/7\/42.1-90.1","url":"\/42.1-90.1\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/42.1-90.1\/","token":"42.1\/7\/42.1-90.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Auditing","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 42.1-90.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The Librarian may, in his discretion, conduct an audit of the <span class=\"dictionary\">records<\/span> management practices of any <span class=\"dictionary\">agency<\/span>. Any <span class=\"dictionary\">agency<\/span> subject to the audit shall cooperate and provide the Library with any <span class=\"dictionary\">records<\/span> or assistance that it requests. The Librarian shall compile a written summary of the <span class=\"dictionary\">findings<\/span> of the audit and any actions necessary to bring the <span class=\"dictionary\">agency<\/span> into compliance with this chapter. 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The\nsummary shall be a public record, and shall be made available to the agency\nsubject to the audit, the Governor, and the chairmen of the House and Senate\nCommittees on General Laws, the House Committee on Appropriations, and the\nSenate Committee on Finance and Appropriations of the General Assembly.\n\nHISTORY: 2006, c. 60.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}