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The Commission shall provide for the organization of internal procedures of the Commission and to this end shall adopt suitable bylaws. The Commission shall have a chairman and two vice-chairmen, chosen by the respective delegation, whose offices shall rotate annually among the signatory states and may at no time be held by members from the same signatory. The Commission may maintain one or more offices for the transaction of its business. The Commission may, without regard to the civil service or the laws of any signatory relative to public officers and employees, create and abolish offices, employments and positions as it deems necessary for the purposes of the Commission, affix and provide for the duties, conditions of employment, qualifications, appointment, removal, term, compensation, and other rights and benefits of the Commission’s officers and employees, and shall appoint the principal officers of the Commission and allocate among them administrative functions, powers, and duties. The Commission may delegate to the officers and employees of the Commission any powers, functions and responsibilities under this agreement as it deems suitable, except that it may not delegate its power to make recommendations to the respective legislatures, to issue reports or to adopt the annual expense budget.\n\nB\n\nEvery full-time officer or employee of the Commission on a salary basis shall be eligible for pension and health and related insurance offered to employees of one of the member states, provided that such officer or employee so elects within 30 days of commencing employment; and provided that the Commission allocates funds in its budget for the employer share of these benefits.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1334138,"text":"The Commission members shall serve as the governing body of the Commission, and, except as hereinafter provided, shall exercise and discharge all powers, functions and responsibilities assigned to the Commission. 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This law was first created in 1980. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 662 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1980 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1982, chapter 54; in 1985, chapter 149; in 2004, chapter 1000<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1427245,"object_type":"law","relational_id":358636,"identifier":"30-246","token":"30\/36\/30-246","url":"\/30-246\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/30-246\/","token":"30\/36\/30-246","dublin_core":{"Title":"Organization, internal procedures and delegation of powers; officers and employees as state employees","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 30-246","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The Commission members shall serve as the governing body of the Commission, and, except as hereinafter provided, shall exercise and discharge all powers, functions and responsibilities assigned to the Commission. The Commission shall provide for the organization of internal procedures of the Commission and to this end shall adopt suitable bylaws. The Commission shall have a chairman and two vice-chairmen, chosen by the respective delegation, whose offices shall rotate annually among the signatory states and may at no time be held by members from the same signatory. The Commission may maintain one or more offices for the transaction of its business. The Commission may, without regard to the civil service or the laws<\/span> of any signatory relative to public officers and employees, create and abolish offices, employments and positions as it deems necessary for the purposes of the Commission, affix and provide for the duties, conditions of employment, qualifications, appointment, removal, term, compensation, and other rights and benefits of the Commission’s officers and employees, and shall appoint the principal officers of the Commission and allocate among them administrative functions, powers, and duties. The Commission may delegate to the officers and employees of the Commission any powers, functions and responsibilities under this agreement as it deems suitable, except that it may not delegate its power to make recommendations to the respective legislatures, to issue<\/span> reports or to adopt the annual expense budget. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Every full-time officer or employee of the Commission on a salary basis shall be eligible for pension and health and related insurance offered to employees of one of the member states, provided that such officer or employee so elects within 30 days of commencing employment; and provided that the Commission allocates funds in its budget for the employer share of these benefits. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nORGANIZATION, INTERNAL PROCEDURES AND DELEGATION OF POWERS; OFFICERS AND\nEMPLOYEES AS STATE EMPLOYEES (\u00a7 30-246)\n\nA. The Commission members shall serve as the governing body of the Commission,\nand, except as hereinafter provided, shall exercise and discharge all powers,\nfunctions and responsibilities assigned to the Commission. The Commission shall\nprovide for the organization of internal procedures of the Commission and to\nthis end shall adopt suitable bylaws. The Commission shall have a chairman and\ntwo vice-chairmen, chosen by the respective delegation, whose offices shall\nrotate annually among the signatory states and may at no time be held by members\nfrom the same signatory. The Commission may maintain one or more offices for the\ntransaction of its business. The Commission may, without regard to the civil\nservice or the laws of any signatory relative to public officers and employees,\ncreate and abolish offices, employments and positions as it deems necessary for\nthe purposes of the Commission, affix and provide for the duties, conditions of\nemployment, qualifications, appointment, removal, term, compensation, and other\nrights and benefits of the Commission’s officers and employees, and shall\nappoint the principal officers of the Commission and allocate among them\nadministrative functions, powers, and duties. The Commission may delegate to the\nofficers and employees of the Commission any powers, functions and\nresponsibilities under this agreement as it deems suitable, except that it may\nnot delegate its power to make recommendations to the respective legislatures,\nto issue reports or to adopt the annual expense budget.\n\nB. Every full-time officer or employee of the Commission on a salary basis shall\nbe eligible for pension and health and related insurance offered to employees of\none of the member states, provided that such officer or employee so elects\nwithin 30 days of commencing employment; and provided that the Commission\nallocates funds in its budget for the employer share of these benefits.\n\nHISTORY: 1980, c. 662, \u00a7 62.1-69.10; 1982, c. 54; 1985, c. 149; 2004, c. 1000.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}