TITLE 8. EDUCATION

VIRGINIA MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS

Action Withdrawn

Title of Regulation: 8VAC103-10. Museum and Grounds Use and Access (amending 8VAC103-10-30).

Statutory Authority: § 23.1-3218 of the Code of Virginia.

The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts has WITHDRAWN the regulatory action for 8VAC103-10, Museum and Grounds Use and Access, which was published as a Fast-track Regulation in 41:21 VA.R. 2325-2327 June 2, 2025. The purpose of the proposed action was, as part of regulatory reduction pursuant to Executive Order 19 (2022), to shorten or remove four redundant sentences related to the posting of operating hours and the use of walkways on the museum campus by cyclists and pedestrians, which would have had a minimal impact on Virginians. The museum received more that the sufficient number of objections to require the standard regulatory process, and, although none objected to the substance of the amendments, after considering the extensive staff hours needed to continue an action that would only remove a small number of discretionary regulations on the public, decided on July 24, 2025, to withdraw this action. The current discretionary regulations on public use of the museum grounds will remain in place. The agency has already made a 24% reduction in regulations as response to the Governor's Executive Order 19 (2022).

Agency Contact: David Cary, Director of Government Relations, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 200 North Arthur Ashe Boulevard, Richmond, VA, telephone (804) 340-1628, or email david.cary@vmfa.museum.