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§14-2A-6. Appointment and compensation of commissioners and judges serving under this article.

(a) The court of claims, with the approval of the president of the Senate and the speaker of the House of Delegates, may appoint court of claims commissioners to hear claims for awards of compensation and to approve awards of compensation pursuant to the provisions of this article. Each commissioner shall serve at the pleasure of the court of claims and under the supervision of the judges of the court of claims.
(b) The court of claims shall fix the compensation of the court of claims commissioners in an amount not exceeding the compensation for judges of the court of claims. Compensation of judges and commissioners for services performed under this article, and actual expenses incurred in the performance of duties as judges and commissioners under this article shall be paid out of the crime victims compensation fund.
(c) The limitation period of one hundred days in section eight, article two of this chapter pertaining to time served by the judges of the court of claims shall not apply to the provisions of this article.