                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

CHAIRMAN; EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR; EMPLOYMENT OF PERSONNEL; SUPERVISION; BUDGET
PREPARATION (§ 62.1-44.14)

The Board shall elect its chairman, and the Executive Director shall be
appointed as set forth in § 2.2-106. The Executive Director shall serve as
executive officer and devote his whole time to the performance of his duties,
and he shall have such administrative powers as are conferred upon him by the
Board; and, further, the Board may delegate to its Executive Director any of the
powers and duties invested in it by this chapter except the adoption and
promulgation of standards, rules and regulations; and the revocation of
certificates. The Executive Director is authorized to issue, modify or revoke
orders in cases of emergency as described in §§ 62.1-44.15 (8b) and
62.1-44.34:20 of this chapter. The Executive Director is further authorized to
employ such consultants and full-time technical and clerical workers as are
necessary and within the available funds to carry out the purposes of this
chapter.
		It shall be the duty of the Executive Director to exercise general supervision
and control over the quality and management of all state waters and to
administer and enforce this chapter, and all certificates, standards, policies,
rules, regulations, rulings and special orders promulgated by the Board. The
Executive Director shall prepare, approve, and submit all requests for
appropriations and be responsible for all expenditures pursuant to
appropriations. The Executive Director shall be vested with all the authority of
the Board when it is not in session, except for the Board&#8217;s authority to
issue special orders pursuant to subdivisions (8a) and (8b) of § 62.1-44.15 and
subject to such regulations as may be prescribed by the Board. In no event shall
the Executive Director have the authority to adopt or promulgate any regulation.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 62.1-26; 1968, c. 659; 1970, c. 638; 1981, c. 620; 1984,
c. 444; 1985, c. 397; 1992, c. 456; 2005, c. 706; 2013, cc. 756, 793; 2022, c.
356.