                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

ORGANIZATION, INTERNAL PROCEDURES AND DELEGATION OF POWERS; OFFICERS AND
EMPLOYEES AS STATE EMPLOYEES (§ 30-246)

A. The Commission members shall serve as the governing body of the Commission,
and, except as hereinafter provided, shall exercise and discharge all powers,
functions and responsibilities assigned to the Commission. The Commission shall
provide for the organization of internal procedures of the Commission and to
this end shall adopt suitable bylaws. The Commission shall have a chairman and
two vice-chairmen, chosen by the respective delegation, whose offices shall
rotate annually among the signatory states and may at no time be held by members
from the same signatory. The Commission may maintain one or more offices for the
transaction of its business. The Commission may, without regard to the civil
service or the laws of any signatory relative to public officers and employees,
create and abolish offices, employments and positions as it deems necessary for
the purposes of the Commission, affix and provide for the duties, conditions of
employment, qualifications, appointment, removal, term, compensation, and other
rights and benefits of the Commission&#8217;s officers and employees, and shall
appoint the principal officers of the Commission and allocate among them
administrative functions, powers, and duties. The Commission may delegate to the
officers and employees of the Commission any powers, functions and
responsibilities under this agreement as it deems suitable, except that it may
not delegate its power to make recommendations to the respective legislatures,
to issue reports or to adopt the annual expense budget.

B. Every full-time officer or employee of the Commission on a salary basis shall
be eligible for pension and health and related insurance offered to employees of
one of the member states, provided that such officer or employee so elects
within 30 days of commencing employment; and provided that the Commission
allocates funds in its budget for the employer share of these benefits.

HISTORY: 1980, c. 662, § 62.1-69.10; 1982, c. 54; 1985, c. 149; 2004, c. 1000.