30-246 - Organization, internal procedures and delegation of powers; officers and employees as state employees.
§ 30-246. Organization, internal procedures and delegation of powers;officers and employees as state employees.
A. The Commission members shall serve as the governing body of theCommission, and, except as hereinafter provided, shall exercise and dischargeall powers, functions and responsibilities assigned to the Commission. TheCommission shall provide for the organization of internal procedures of theCommission and to this end shall adopt suitable bylaws. The Commission shallhave a chairman and two vice-chairmen, chosen by the respective delegation,whose offices shall rotate annually among the signatory states and may at notime be held by members from the same signatory. The Commission may maintainone 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 topublic officers and employees, create and abolish offices, employments andpositions as it deems necessary for the purposes of the Commission, affix andprovide for the duties, conditions of employment, qualifications,appointment, removal, term, compensation, and other rights and benefits ofthe Commission's officers and employees, and shall appoint the principalofficers of the Commission and allocate among them administrative functions,powers, and duties. The Commission may delegate to the officers and employeesof the Commission any powers, functions and responsibilities under thisagreement as it deems suitable, except that it may not delegate its power tomake recommendations to the respective legislatures, to issue reports or toadopt the annual expense budget.
B. Every full-time officer or employee of the Commission on a salary basisshall be eligible for pension and health and related insurance offered toemployees of one of the member states, provided that such officer or employeeso elects within 30 days of commencing employment; and provided that theCommission allocates funds in its budget for the employer share of thesebenefits.
(1980, c. 662, § 62.1-69.10; 1982, c. 54; 1985, c. 149; 2004, c. 1000.)