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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>60867</law_id><section_number>2.2-2002.1</section_number><catch_line>Department personnel</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="2.2">Administration of Government</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="I">Organization of State Government</unit><unit label="part" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="C">State Agencies Related to the General Operation of Government</unit><unit label="chapter" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="20">Department of Veterans Services</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> shall appoint the personnel assigned to each service office and determine the compensation to be paid to such personnel. The number of employees assigned to the processing of benefit claims shall be sufficient to maintain a ratio of one staff person for every 23,000 <span class="dictionary">veterans</span> residing in the Commonwealth.</p></section></text><history>2005, c. 888; 2009, c. 136; 2011, cc. 330, 358; 2012, cc. 331, 342.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
