                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

COMPTROLLER TO APPOINT ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANTS, ETC (§ 2.2-801)

A. The Comptroller shall appoint the administrative assistants, deputies and
clerks allowed by law.

B. The Comptroller shall appoint administrative assistants, who shall have
authority to act for and perform the duties of the Comptroller under his
direction, supervision and control, and in the absence of the Comptroller to
perform all the duties of the office. Of such absence, the others shall be
informed. When the absence of the Comptroller is to be for more than five days
at a time, notice thereof shall be given to the Governor.

C. In the event the administrative assistant is incapacitated from performing
his duties during the absence of the Comptroller, the Governor shall designate
some other person in the office to act during the absence of the Comptroller,
and in the event of the removal, resignation or death of the Comptroller, the
administrative assistant shall perform all the duties of the office until the
vacancy is filled in the manner prescribed by law.

D. Such officers and their sureties shall be liable for any default or breach of
duty of their administrative assistants respectively during their absence.

HISTORY: 1950, §§ 2-145, 2-146, 2-147, 2-148; 1966, c. 677, §§ 2.1-173,
2.1-174, 2.1-175, 2.1-176; 2001, c. 844.