2.2-1400 - Creation of Department of Minority Business Enterprise; appointment of Director; offices; personnel.
§ 2.2-1400. Creation of Department of Minority Business Enterprise;appointment of Director; offices; personnel.
A. There is created within the Office of the Governor a Department ofMinority Business Enterprise (the Department), which shall be headed by aDirector appointed by the Governor to serve at his pleasure. The Directorshall also serve as a special assistant to the Governor for small,women-owned, and minority-owned business development.
B. The Director of the Department shall, under the direction and control ofthe Governor, exercise the powers and perform the duties conferred or imposedupon him by law and perform such other duties as may be required by theGovernor.
C. The Department shall have its main office in Richmond and may have branchoffices as may be necessary, as determined by the Director subject to theapproval of the Secretary of Commerce and Trade.
(1975, c. 509, §§ 2.1-64.32, 2.1-64.33; 1979, c. 147; 1983, c. 41; 1985, c.447; 1986, c. 492; 1989, c.268; 1993, c. 699; 2001, c. 844; 2009, c. 869.)