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The compensation for such attorney shall, subject to the approval of the Attorney General, be paid out of the funds appropriated for the administration of the Department.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1337155,"text":"If the Commissioner, any Board member or any officer or employee of the Department is arrested, indicted or otherwise prosecuted on any criminal charge arising out of any act committed in the discharge of his duties as such, the Commissioner may employ an attorney approved by the Attorney General to defend such person. 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 711 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 1979 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1428317,"object_type":"law","relational_id":359417,"identifier":"32.1-29","token":"32.1\/1\/4\/32.1-29","url":"\/32.1-29\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/32.1-29\/","token":"32.1\/1\/4\/32.1-29","dublin_core":{"Title":"Employment of attorney to defend Board members, employee, etc","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 32.1-29","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>If the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner<\/span>, any <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span> member or any officer or employee of the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> is arrested, indicted or otherwise prosecuted on any criminal charge arising out of any act committed in the discharge of his duties as such, the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner<\/span> may employ an attorney approved by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Attorney General<\/span> to defend such <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span>. 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The compensation for such attorney shall, subject to the approval\nof the Attorney General, be paid out of the funds appropriated for the\nadministration of the Department.\n\nHISTORY: 1979, c. 711.","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"}}