Virginia Code 2.2-601: General powers of the departments established in this title.
Each department established in this title shall have the following general powers to:
Terms Used In Virginia Code 2.2-601
- United States: includes the 50 states, the District of Columbia the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands and the United States Virgin Islands. See Virginia Code 1-255
1. Employ such personnel as may be required to carry out the respective purposes for which such department was created;
2. Make and enter into contracts and agreements necessary or incidental to the performance of its duties and execution of its powers under this title;
3. Accept grants from the United States government and agencies and instrumentalities thereof and any other source. To these ends, each department shall have the power to comply with the conditions and execute the agreements necessary, convenient, or desirable; and
4. Do all acts necessary or convenient to carry out the respective purposes for which the department was created.
1968, c. 223, § 2.1-63.2; 1974, c. 420, § 2.1-372; 1976, cc. 760, 761, §§ 2.1-114.4, 2.1-390; 1982, c. 345; 1984, cc. 728, 746, §§ 2.1-563.16, 2.1-708; 1985, cc. 72, 265, § 2.1-234.31; 1988, c. 839, § 2.1-738; 1995, c. 357; 1996, c. 727; 1997, c. 858; 1998, c. 808; 1999, cc. 342, 412, 421, 433; 2000, cc. 483, 491; 2001, c. 844.