65.2-200 - Industrial Commission continued as the Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission; number, election and terms of members; vacancies; Chairman; members to devote entire time to office.
§ 65.2-200. Industrial Commission continued as the Virginia Workers'Compensation Commission; number, election and terms of members; vacancies;Chairman; members to devote entire time to office.
A. The Industrial Commission of Virginia is continued and shall hereafter beknown as the Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission. All powers and dutiesconferred and imposed upon the Industrial Commission by any other law arehereby conferred upon and vested in the Virginia Workers' CompensationCommission.
B. The Commission shall consist of three members, one of whom shall be chosenby the joint vote of the two houses of the General Assembly convened in aneven-numbered year, and who shall serve for terms of six years.
C. Whenever a vacancy in the Commission occurs or exists when the GeneralAssembly is in session, the General Assembly shall elect a successor for theunexpired term. If the General Assembly is not in session, the Governor shallforthwith appoint pro tempore a qualified person to fill the vacancy for aterm ending thirty days after the commencement of the next session of theGeneral Assembly, and the General Assembly shall elect a successor for theunexpired term.
D. Not more than one member of the Commission shall be a person who onaccount of his previous vocation, employment or affiliation shall beclassified as a representative of employers, and not more than one suchappointee 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 aterm of three years commencing on July 1, 1979, and each succeeding threeyears thereafter. Each member of the Commission shall devote his entire timeto the duties of his office and shall not hold any position of trust orprofit or engage in any occupation or business interfering or inconsistentwith his duties as such member.
(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.)