                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

EXECUTIVE SECRETARY (§ 17.1-314)

The Office of Executive Secretary to the Supreme Court, to be filled by a person
having the qualifications as may be prescribed by the justices of the Supreme
Court, is hereby created to be the court administrator for the Commonwealth. He
shall be appointed by the Supreme Court, shall hold office at the pleasure of
the Court, and during his term of office shall not engage in the private
practice of law. He shall receive such compensation as may be fixed by the
Court. He may, with the approval of the Court, employ such persons as are
necessary for the performance of the duties of his office, whose compensation
shall be fixed by the Court within the limits of the amounts appropriated by
law.

HISTORY: 1952, c. 506, § 17-111.1; 1966, c. 148; 1973, c. 544; 1998, c. 872;
2005, c. 237.