2014 Virginia Code
Title 33.1 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries
§ 33.1-4. (Repealed effective October 1, 2014) How testimony of members of Board and Commissioner taken in civil proceedings
No member of the Commonwealth Transportation Board or the Commissioner of Highways shall be required to leave his office for the purpose of testifying in any suit, action or other civil proceeding involving any of their official duties, but the deposition of any member of the Commonwealth Transportation Board or the Commissioner of Highways may be taken at the main office of the Commission in Richmond, after reasonable notice in writing has been given to the adverse party.
Any deposition taken pursuant to this section may be read in the pending suit, action or other civil proceeding. However, on motion to the court, filed at least ten days before the commencement of the trial, the judge may, for good cause shown, require any member of the Board or the Commissioner to attend and testify ore tenus.
Code 1950, ยง 33-3.1; 1966, c. 369; 1970, c. 322; 1974, c. 462; 1995, cc. 195, 223.
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