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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>53956</law_id><section_number>17.1-804</section_number><catch_line>Meetings; staff support</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="17.1">Courts of Record</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="8">Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Regular meetings of the Commission shall be held on a quarterly basis and at such other times as the Chairman may determine. Nine members of the Commission shall constitute a quorum. The Commission may hold public <span class="dictionary">hearings</span>. <a id="paragraph-198126" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/17.1-804/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The Commission may appoint a director and fix his duties and compensation. The Director may with prior approval of the Commission employ and fix the duties and compensation of such adequate staff as may be requisite to carry out the duties of the Commission. Other professional personnel, consultants and secretarial and clerical employees may be employed or contracted upon such terms and conditions as set forth by the Commission. The salaries, per diem and other expenses necessary to the functions of the Commission shall be payable from funds appropriated to the Commission. Adequate office space shall be provided by the Executive Secretary of the Supreme <span class="dictionary">Court</span>. <a id="paragraph-198127" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/17.1-804/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> All agencies of the Commonwealth, their staffs and employees shall provide the Commission with necessary information for the performance of its duties. <a id="paragraph-198128" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/17.1-804/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1994, 2nd Sp. Sess., cc. 1, 2, &#xA7; 17-236; 1998, c. 872.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
