2014 Virginia Code
Title 33.1 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries
§ 33.1-3. (Repealed effective October 1, 2014) Secretary to be Chairman; Commissioner of Highways

The Chairman of the Commonwealth Transportation Board shall be the Secretary of Transportation.

The Commissioner of Highways, hereinafter in this title sometimes called "the Commissioner," shall be the chief executive officer of the Department of Transportation. The Commissioner may, at the time of his appointment, be a nonresident of Virginia, shall be an experienced administrator, able to direct and guide the Department in the establishment and achievement of the Commonwealth's long-range highway and other transportation objectives and shall be appointed at large.

The Commissioner shall devote his entire time and attention to his duties as chief executive officer of the Department and shall receive such compensation as shall be fixed by the Commonwealth Transportation Board, subject to the approval of the Governor. He shall also be reimbursed for his actual travel expenses while engaged in the discharge of his duties.

In the event of a vacancy due to the death, temporary disability, retirement, resignation or removal of the Commissioner, the Governor may appoint and thereafter remove at his pleasure an "Acting Commissioner of Highways" until such time as the vacancy may be filled as provided in § 33.1-1. Such "Acting Commissioner of Highways" shall have all powers and perform all duties of the Commissioner as provided by law, and shall receive such compensation as may be fixed by the Governor. In the event of the temporary disability, for any reason, of the Commissioner, full effect shall be given to the provisions of § 2.2-605.

Code 1950, § 33-3; 1960, c. 271; 1963, Ex. Sess., c. 3; 1964, c. 265; 1970, c. 322; 1974, c. 462; 1990, cc. 1, 317; 1995, cc. 195, 223; 2007, c. 896.