Administrative Process Act; reconsideration of an agency's final decision, etc.

Provides that if a petition for reconsideration is timely filed, the final decision shall be suspended and the time for filing a notice of appeal under Rule 2A:2 of the Rules of Supreme Court of Virginia shall be tolled. Under current law, the final decision is not suspended and the time for filing the notice is not tolled unless the agency provides for the suspension of its decision when it grants a petition for reconsideration. The bill also requires, when judicial review is instituted or is about to be, the agency concerned to postpone the effective date of the regulation or decision involved pending conclusion of the review proceedings.