                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION CONTINUED AS THE VIRGINIA WORKERS&#8217; COMPENSATION
COMMISSION; NUMBER, ELECTION AND TERMS OF MEMBERS; VACANCIES; CHAIRMAN; MEMBERS
TO DEVOTE ENTIRE TIME TO OFFICE (§ 65.2-200)

A. The Industrial Commission of Virginia is continued and shall hereafter be
known as the Virginia Workers&#8217; Compensation Commission. All powers and
duties conferred and imposed upon the Industrial Commission by any other law are
hereby conferred upon and vested in the Virginia Workers&#8217; Compensation
Commission.

B. The Commission shall consist of three members, one of whom shall be chosen by
the joint vote of the two houses of the General Assembly convened in an
even-numbered year, and who shall serve for terms of six years.

C. Whenever a vacancy in the Commission occurs or exists when the General
Assembly is in session, the General Assembly shall elect a successor for the
unexpired term. If the General Assembly is not in session, the Governor shall
forthwith appoint pro tempore a qualified person to fill the vacancy for a term
ending thirty days after the commencement of the next session of the General
Assembly, and the General Assembly shall elect a successor for the unexpired
term.

D. Not more than one member of the Commission shall be a person who on account
of his previous vocation, employment or affiliation shall be classified as a
representative of employers, and not more than one such appointee shall be a
person who on account of his previous vocation, employment or affiliation shall
be classed as a representative of employees. The Commission thus composed shall
elect one of its number chairman for a term of three years commencing on July 1,
1979, and each succeeding three years thereafter. Each member of the Commission
shall devote his entire time to the duties of his office and shall not hold any
position of trust or profit or engage in any occupation or business interfering
or inconsistent with his duties as such member.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 65-9; 1954, c. 233; 1968, c. 660, § 65.1-10; 1971, Ex.
Sess., c. 70; 1979, c. 459; 1991, c. 355; 2006, c. 838.