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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>58129</law_id><section_number>63.2-518</section_number><catch_line>Action by Commissioner on appeal</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>63.2-605</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="63.2">Welfare (Social Services)</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="II">Public Assistance</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="5">General Provisions</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> shall provide an opportunity for a <span class="dictionary">hearing</span>, reasonable notice of which shall be given in writing to the applicant or recipient and to the proper <span class="dictionary">local board</span> in such manner and form as the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> may prescribe. The <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> may make or cause to be made an investigation of the <span class="dictionary">facts</span>. The <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> shall give fair and impartial consideration to the <span class="dictionary">testimony</span> of witnesses, or other <span class="dictionary">evidence</span> produced at the <span class="dictionary">hearing</span>, reports of investigations of the <span class="dictionary">local board</span> and <span class="dictionary">local director</span> or of investigations made or caused to be made by the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span>, or any <span class="dictionary">facts</span> which the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> may deem proper to enable him to decide fairly the <span class="dictionary">appeal</span> or review.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7;&#xA7; 63-132, 63-140.9, 63-154, 63-196; 1962, c. 621; 1968, cc. 578, 781, &#xA7; 63.1-117; 1972, c. 718; 1975, c. 524; 1997, c. 412; 2002, c. 747.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
