This report is submitted pursuant to the Virginia Register Act,§§ 9-6.15 to 9-6.22 of the Code of Virginia, § 7 (d) of Chapter 535 of the 1973 Acts of Assembly, adopted by the last prior General Assembly, which requires the Code Commission and the official Register Committee thereof to respond to the 1974 Assembly on the compilation of a "Register of Regulations" together with a statement of their activities and experience to date as well as their recommendations "for the continued temporary operation of the program. . .or some modification thereof." Actual work began late in 1973. Nearly 7000 pages of regulations have been assembled not counting numerous exemptions of those relating to public employees, institutions, and grants or benefits. While time has not permitted the compilation of a complete and accurate listing of what the Act calls a "Register of Regulations," a sample or partial listing is attached hereto. The Committee should be able to complete it for the 1975 General Assembly and then recommend a more permanent system if any. When complete, that listing of regulations may satisfy the greater part of the need for public information with or without some further selective central publication. The foregoing, along with some attendant problems, is more fully explained in the following dozen paragraphs plus a concluding recommendation for the continuation of the project for presentation to the 1975 General Assembly for its determination of a more permanent program at that time.