Virginia Administrative Code › Title 24 - TRANSPORTATION AND MOTOR VEHICLES › Agency 25 - DEPARTMENT OF RAIL AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 5 - PUBLIC PARTICIPATION GUIDELINES › Section 24VAC25-5-20 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
The following words and terms when used in this chapter shall
				  have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
				  "Administrative Process Act" means Chapter 40 (§ 2.2-4000 et seq.) of
				  Title 2.2 of the Code of Virginia.
"Agency" means the entity of state government empowered by
				  the agency's basic law to make regulations or decide cases. This term includes
				  the Commonwealth Transportation Board or the Virginia Department of Rail and
				  Public Transportation. Actions specified in this chapter may be fulfilled by
				  state employees as delegated by the agency.
"Basic law" means provisions in the Code of Virginia that
				  delineate the basic authority and responsibilities of an agency.
"Commonwealth Calendar" means the electronic calendar for
				  official government meetings open to the public as required by § 2.2-3707C
				  of the Freedom of Information Act.
"Negotiated rulemaking panel" or "NRP" means an ad hoc
				  advisory panel of interested parties established by an agency to consider
				  issues that are controversial with the assistance of a facilitator or mediator,
				  for the purpose of reaching a consensus in the development of a proposed
				  regulatory action.
"Notification list" means a list used to notify persons
				  pursuant to this chapter. Such a list may include an electronic list maintained
				  through the Virginia Regulatory Town Hall or other list maintained by the
				  agency.
"Open meeting" means any scheduled gathering of a unit of
				  state government empowered by an agency's basic law to make regulations or
				  decide cases, which is related to promulgating, amending or repealing a
				  regulation.
"Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership,
				  association, cooperative, limited liability company, trust, joint venture,
				  government, political subdivision, or any other legal or commercial entity and
				  any successor, representative, agent, agency, or instrumentality
				  thereof.
"Public hearing" means a scheduled time at which members or
				  staff of the agency will meet for the purpose of receiving public comment on a
				  regulatory action.
"Regulation" means any statement of general application
				  having the force of law, affecting the rights or conduct of any person, adopted
				  by the agency in accordance with the authority conferred on it by applicable
				  laws.
"Regulatory action" means the promulgation, amendment, or
				  repeal of a regulation by the agency.
"Regulatory advisory panel" or "RAP" means a standing or ad
				  hoc advisory panel of interested parties established by the agency for the
				  purpose of assisting in regulatory actions.
"Town Hall" means the Virginia Regulatory Town Hall, the
				  website operated by the Virginia Department of Planning and Budget at
www.townhall.virginia.gov
that
				  has online public comment forums and displays information about regulatory
				  meetings and regulatory actions under consideration in Virginia and sends this
				  information to registered public users.
"Virginia Register" means the Virginia Register of
				  Regulations, the publication that provides official legal notice of new,
				  amended and repealed regulations of state agencies, which is published under
				  the provisions of Article 6 (§ 2.2-4031 et seq.) of the Administrative
				  Process Act.
Statutory Authority
§§ 2.2-4007.02 and 33.1-391.5 of the Code of
					 Virginia.