                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

HOW TESTIMONY OF MEMBERS OF COMMONWEALTH TRANSPORTATION BOARD AND COMMISSIONER
OF HIGHWAYS TAKEN IN CIVIL PROCEEDINGS (§ 33.2-206)

No member of the Board or the Commissioner of Highways shall be required to
leave his office for the purpose of testifying in any suit, action, or other
civil proceeding involving any of his official duties, but the deposition of any
member of the Board or the Commissioner of Highways may be taken at the main
office of the Board in Richmond, after reasonable notice in writing has been
given to the adverse party.
		Any deposition taken pursuant to this section may be read in the pending suit,
action, or other civil proceeding. However, on motion to the court, filed at
least 10 days before the commencement of the trial, the judge may, for good
cause shown, require any member of the Board or the Commissioner of Highways to
attend and testify ore tenus.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 33-3.1; 1966, c. 369; 1970, c. 322, § 33.1-4; 1974, c.
462; 1995, cc. 195, 223; 2014, c. 805.