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CHAPTER 599 An Act to amend and reenact § 28.2-209 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Marine Resources Commission; publication of proposed regulations. [H 2705] Approved March 24, 2001

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 28.2-209 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 28.2-209. Publication of proposed regulations.

No regulation of general application shall be promulgated until the express terms or a summary including a statement of purpose and substance of the proposed regulation has been published by and at the expense of the agency at least once in daily papers published and having general circulation in Richmond, Norfolk, and Newport News. If the regulation has only local application, a similar notice shall be published in a daily paper with circulation daily or weekly papers, whichever have greater circulation in the locality in which the regulation applies. A copy of every regulation shall be filed in the office of the Commission and open to public inspection. Such publication and filing shall be not less than fifteen days prior to the day on which the public hearing is scheduled. The published notice shall state the time, place, and nature of the hearing.