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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 5 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 1966, chapter 369; in 1970, chapter 322; in 1974, chapter 462; in 1995, chapters 195<\/a> and 223<\/a>; in 2014, chapter 805<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":204903,"object_type":"law","relational_id":64012,"identifier":"33.2-206","token":"33.2\/I\/2\/1\/33.2-206","url":"\/33.2-206\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/33.2-206\/","token":"33.2\/I\/2\/1\/33.2-206","dublin_core":{"Title":"How testimony of members of Commonwealth Transportation Board and Commissioner of Highways taken in civil proceedings","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 33.2-206","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

No member of the Board<\/span> or the Commissioner of Highways<\/span> shall be required to leave his office for the purpose of testifying in any suit, action, or other civil proceeding involving any of his official duties, but the deposition<\/span> of any member of the Board<\/span> or the Commissioner of Highways<\/span> may be taken at the main office of the Board<\/span> in Richmond, after reasonable notice in writing has been given to the adverse party<\/span>.\n\t\tAny deposition<\/span> taken pursuant to this section may be read in the pending suit, action, or other civil proceeding. However, on motion<\/span> to the court<\/span>, filed at least 10 days before the commencement of the trial<\/span>, the judge<\/span> may, for good cause shown, require any member of the Board<\/span> or the Commissioner of Highways<\/span> to attend and testify ore tenus<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nHOW TESTIMONY OF MEMBERS OF COMMONWEALTH TRANSPORTATION BOARD AND COMMISSIONER\nOF HIGHWAYS TAKEN IN CIVIL PROCEEDINGS (\u00a7 33.2-206)\n\nNo member of the Board or the Commissioner of Highways shall be required to\nleave his office for the purpose of testifying in any suit, action, or other\ncivil proceeding involving any of his official duties, but the deposition of any\nmember of the Board or the Commissioner of Highways may be taken at the main\noffice of the Board in Richmond, after reasonable notice in writing has been\ngiven to the adverse party.\n\t\tAny deposition taken pursuant to this section may be read in the pending suit,\naction, or other civil proceeding. However, on motion to the court, filed at\nleast 10 days before the commencement of the trial, the judge may, for good\ncause shown, require any member of the Board or the Commissioner of Highways to\nattend and testify ore tenus.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 33-3.1; 1966, c. 369; 1970, c. 322, \u00a7 33.1-4; 1974, c.\n462; 1995, cc. 195, 223; 2014, c. 805.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}