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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>375564</law_id><section_number>63.2-205</section_number><catch_line>Requiring reports from local boards; forms and submission schedule; approval of budgets by Commissioner</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><referred_to_by><reference>63.2-316</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="135" identifier="63.2">Welfare (Social Services)</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="I">General Provisions Relating to Social Services</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="2" identifier="2">State Social Services</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="1">Department and Commissioner of Social Services</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> shall require of <span class="dictionary">local boards</span> such reports relating to the administration of this title as the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> may deem necessary to enable the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> and the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> to exercise and perform the functions, duties and powers conferred and imposed by this title. He shall prescribe the form and submission schedule of applications, reports, <span class="dictionary">affidavits</span>, budgets and budget exhibits, and such other forms as may be required in the administration of this title. <a id="paragraph-1402083" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/63.2-205/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> shall review budget requests submitted by <span class="dictionary">local boards</span>, make modifications consistent with the requirements of this title and transmit the approved budget to each <span class="dictionary">local board</span>. <a id="paragraph-1402084" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/63.2-205/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7;&#xA7; 63-40, 63-42; 1968, c. 578, &#xA7; 63.1-33; 1975, c. 368; 1976, c. 383; 2002, c. 747.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
