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Such appointee, after having qualified and given bond according to law, shall discharge all the duties of the office to which he is appointed during the time of the suspension of his predecessor, shall be entitled to the compensation provided for such officer and shall be amenable to all the rules, regulations, requirements and responsibilities declared by the laws of this Commonwealth pertaining to the collection and disposition of, and accounting for, the public revenue.\n\t\tThe suspension of the officer shall continue, unless sooner removed by the Governor, until the ouster proceedings so instituted have been finally determined.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":256291,"text":"Upon the institution of the proceeding authorized in \u00a7 58.1-3168 the Governor may suspend such officer from collecting the revenues of the Commonwealth and of the county or city and from performing any of the other duties of his office. The Governor may also appoint a person to act in the place of such suspended officer in the performance of the duties of the office. Such appointee, after having qualified and given bond according to law, shall discharge all the duties of the office to which he is appointed during the time of the suspension of his predecessor, shall be entitled to the compensation provided for such officer and shall be amenable to all the rules, regulations, requirements and responsibilities declared by the laws of this Commonwealth pertaining to the collection and disposition of, and accounting for, the public revenue.\n\t\tThe suspension of the officer shall continue, unless sooner removed by the Governor, until the ouster proceedings so instituted have been finally determined.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":13045,"edition_id":1,"name":"Treasurers","identifier":"2","label":"article","depth":4,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12705,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:11","date_modified":"2026-06-26 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It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 1984, chapter 675.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":73556,"section_number":"58.1-3168","catch_line":"When treasurers to pay state revenue into state treasury","order_by":null,"url":"\/58.1-3168\/"}],"permalink":{"id":256829,"object_type":"law","relational_id":71077,"identifier":"58.1-3165","token":"58.1\/III\/31\/2\/58.1-3165","url":"\/58.1-3165\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/58.1-3165\/","token":"58.1\/III\/31\/2\/58.1-3165","dublin_core":{"Title":"Suspension of officer proceeded against, appointment of substitute","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 58.1-3165","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Upon the institution of the proceeding authorized in \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"When treasurers to pay state revenue into state treasury\" href=\"\/58.1-3168\/\">58.1-3168<\/a> the Governor may suspend such officer from collecting the revenues of the Commonwealth and of the county or city and from performing any of the other duties of his office. The Governor may also appoint a person to act in the place of such suspended officer in the performance of the duties of the office. Such appointee, after having qualified and given <span class=\"dictionary\">bond<\/span> according to <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span>, shall discharge all the duties of the office to which he is appointed during the time of the suspension of his predecessor, shall be entitled to the compensation provided for such officer and shall be amenable to all the rules, regulations, requirements and responsibilities declared by the <span class=\"dictionary\">laws<\/span> of this Commonwealth pertaining to the collection and <span class=\"dictionary\">disposition<\/span> of, and accounting for, the public revenue.\n\t\tThe suspension of the officer shall continue, unless sooner removed by the Governor, until the ouster proceedings so instituted have been finally determined.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSUSPENSION OF OFFICER PROCEEDED AGAINST, APPOINTMENT OF SUBSTITUTE (\u00a7\n58.1-3165)\n\nUpon the institution of the proceeding authorized in \u00a7 58.1-3168 the Governor\nmay suspend such officer from collecting the revenues of the Commonwealth and of\nthe county or city and from performing any of the other duties of his office.\nThe Governor may also appoint a person to act in the place of such suspended\nofficer in the performance of the duties of the office. Such appointee, after\nhaving qualified and given bond according to law, shall discharge all the duties\nof the office to which he is appointed during the time of the suspension of his\npredecessor, shall be entitled to the compensation provided for such officer and\nshall be amenable to all the rules, regulations, requirements and\nresponsibilities declared by the laws of this Commonwealth pertaining to the\ncollection and disposition of, and accounting for, the public revenue.\n\t\tThe suspension of the officer shall continue, unless sooner removed by the\nGovernor, until the ouster proceedings so instituted have been finally\ndetermined.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 58-954; 1984, c. 675.","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}}