{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-2.2-2900","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 2.2-2900","heading":"Short title; purpose","body":"This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the \"Virginia Personnel Act.\"The purpose of this chapter is to ensure for the Commonwealth a system of personnel administration based on merit principles and objective methods of appointment, promotion, transfer, layoff, removal, discipline, and other incidents of state employment.Code 1950, § 2-78; 1966, c. 677, § 2.1-110; 1970, c. 546; 2001, c. 844.","path":["Title 2.2. ADMINISTRATION OF GOVERNMENT","Subtitle I. ORGANIZATION OF STATE GOVERNMENT","Part E. STATE OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES","Chapter 29. VIRGINIA PERSONNEL ACT"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/2.2-2900/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:12:14Z","sha256":"a553da42e88dbab0da15171bd126abfc19cb0f306a087e9fa64b7417f049a11a","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-2.2-2833","next":"us-va/va.-code-2.2-2901"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}