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VA Code § 30-159 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 30 - General Assembly|Chapter 16 - Virginia Crime Commission|§ 30-159. Cooperation of state agencies; consultation with other states

A. The Commission may request and shall receive from every department, division, board, bureau, commission, authority or other agency created by the Commonwealth, or to which the Commonwealth is a party or any political subdivision thereof, cooperation and assistance in the performance of its duties.B. The Commission shall examine matters relating to law enforcement extending across the boundaries of the Commonwealth into other states; and may consult and exchange information with officers and agencies of other states with respect to law-enforcement problems of mutual concern to this and other states.1972, c. 766, §§ 9-129, 9-136; 2001, c. 844.
VA Code § 30-160 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 30 - General Assembly|Chapter 16 - Virginia Crime Commission|§ 30-160. Commission to refer cases of crime or official misconduct to appropriate authorities

Whenever it appears to the Commission that there is reasonable cause, for official investigation or prosecution of a crime, or for the removal of a public officer for misconduct, the Commission shall refer the matter and such information as has come to its attention to the officials authorized and having the duty and authority to conduct investigations or to prosecute criminal offenses, or to remove such public officer, or to the judge of an appropriate court of record with recommendation that a special grand jury be convened.1972, c. 766, § 9-130; 2001, c. 844.
VA Code § 30-161 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 30 - General Assembly|Chapter 16 - Virginia Crime Commission|§ 30-161. Publication of information

By such means and to such extent as it deems appropriate, the Commission shall keep the public informed as to the operations of organized crime, problems of criminal law enforcement in the Commonwealth and other activities of the Commission.1972, c. 766, § 9-133; 2001, c. 844.
VA Code § 30-162 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 30 - General Assembly|Chapter 16 - Virginia Crime Commission|§ 30-162. Disclosure of certain information by employee a misdemeanor

Any employee of the Commission who discloses to any person other than the Commission or an officer having the power to appoint one or more of the Commissioners the name of any witness appearing before the Commission in a private hearing or discloses any information obtained or given in a private hearing except as directed by the Governor, a court of record or the Commission, shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.1972, c. 766, § 9-137; 2001, c. 844.
VA Code § 30-163 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 30 - General Assembly|Chapter 16 - Virginia Crime Commission|§ 30-163. Impounding of certain documents

Upon the application of the Commission or duly authorized member of its staff, the judge of any court of record may impound any exhibit or document received or obtained in any public or private hearing held in connection with a hearing conducted by the Commission, and may order such exhibit to be retained by, or delivered to and placed in custody of the Commission. The order may be rescinded by further order of the court made after five days' notice to the Commission or upon its application or with its consent, all in the discretion of the court.1972, c. 766, § 9-138; 2001, c. 844.
VA Code § 30-164 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 30 - General Assembly|Chapter 16 - Virginia Crime Commission|§ 30-164. Construction of chapter

Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to supersede, repeal or limit any power, duty or function of the Governor or any department or agency of the Commonwealth, or any political subdivision thereof, as prescribed or defined by law.1972, c. 766, § 9-135; 2001, c. 844.
VA Code § 30-165 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 30 - General Assembly|Chapter 17 - Joint Commission on Behavioral Health Care|§ 30-165. Expired

Expired.
VA Code § 30-168 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 30 - General Assembly|Chapter 18 - Joint Commission on Health Care|§ 30-168. Joint Commission on Health Care; purpose

The Joint Commission on Health Care (the Commission) is established in the legislative branch of state government. The purpose of the Commission is to study, report and make recommendations on all areas of health care provision, regulation, insurance, liability, licensing, and delivery of services. In so doing, the Commission shall endeavor to ensure that the Commonwealth as provider, financier, and regulator adopts the most cost-effective and efficacious means of delivery of health care services so that the greatest number of Virginians receive quality health care. Further, the Commission shall encourage the development of uniform policies and services to ensure the availability of quality, affordable and accessible health services and provide a forum for continuing the review and study of programs and services.The Commission may make recommendations and coordinate the proposals and recommendations of all commissions and agencies as to legislation affecting the provision and delivery of health care.For the purposes of this chapter, "health care" shall include behavioral health care.1992, cc. 799, 818, §§ 9-311, 9-312, 9-314; 2001, c. 844; 2003, c. 633.
VA Code § 30-168.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 30 - General Assembly|Chapter 18 - Joint Commission on Health Care|§ 30-168.1. Membership; terms; vacancies; chairman and vice-chairman; quorum; meetings

The Commission shall consist of 18 legislative members. Members shall be appointed as follows: eight members of the Senate, to be appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules; and 10 members of the House of Delegates, of whom three shall be members of the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions, to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Delegates in accordance with the principles of proportional representation contained in the Rules of the House of Delegates.Members of the Commission shall serve terms coincident with their terms of office. Members may be reappointed. Appointments to fill vacancies, other than by expiration of a term, shall be for the unexpired terms. Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointments.The Commission shall elect a chairman and vice-chairman from among its membership. A majority of the members shall constitute a quorum. The meetings of the Commission shall be held at the call of the chairman or whenever the majority of the members so request.No recommendation of the Commission shall be adopted if a majority of the Senate members or a majority of the House members appointed to the Commission (i) vote against the recommendation and (ii) vote for the recommendation to fail notwithstanding the majority vote of the Commission.2003, c. 633; 2005, c. 758.
VA Code § 30-168.2 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 30 - General Assembly|Chapter 18 - Joint Commission on Health Care|§ 30-168.2. Compensation; expenses

Members of the Commission shall receive such compensation as provided in § 30-19.12. All members shall be reimbursed for reasonable and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties as provided in §§ 2.2-2813 and 2.2-2825. Funding for the costs of compensation and expenses of the members shall be provided by the Joint Commission on Health Care.2003, c. 633.
VA Code § 30-168.3 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 30 - General Assembly|Chapter 18 - Joint Commission on Health Care|§ 30-168.3. Powers and duties of the Commission

The Commission shall have the following powers and duties:1. To study and gather information and data to accomplish its purposes as set forth in § 30-168;2. To study the operations, management, jurisdiction, powers and interrelationships of any department, board, bureau, commission, authority or other agency with any direct responsibility for the provision and delivery of health care in the Commonwealth;3. To examine matters relating to health care services in other states and to consult and exchange information with officers and agencies of other states with respect to health service problems of mutual concern;4. To maintain offices and hold meetings and functions at any place within the Commonwealth that it deems necessary;5. To invite other interested parties to sit with the Commission and participate in its deliberations;6. To appoint a special task force from among the members of the Commission to study and make recommendations on issues related to behavioral health care to the full Commission; and7. To report its recommendations to the General Assembly and the Governor annually and to make such interim reports as it deems advisable or as may be required by the General Assembly and the Governor.2003, c. 633.
VA Code § 30-168.4 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 30 - General Assembly|Chapter 18 - Joint Commission on Health Care|§ 30-168.4. Staffing

The Commission may appoint, employ, and remove an executive director and such other persons as it deems necessary, and determine their duties and fix their salaries or compensation within the amounts appropriated therefor. The Commission may also employ experts who have special knowledge of the issues before it. All agencies of the Commonwealth shall provide assistance to the Commission, upon request.2003, c. 633.
VA Code § 30-168.5 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 30 - General Assembly|Chapter 18 - Joint Commission on Health Care|§ 30-168.5. Chairman's executive summary of activity and work of the Commission

The chairman of the Commission shall submit to the General Assembly and the Governor an annual executive summary of the interim activity and work of the Commission no later than the first day of each regular session of the General Assembly. The executive summary shall be submitted as provided in the procedures of the Division of Legislative Automated Systems for the processing of legislative documents and reports and shall be posted on the General Assembly's website.2003, c. 633.
VA Code § 30-169.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 30 - General Assembly|Chapter 18 - Joint Commission on Health Care|§ 30-169.1. Cooperation of other state agencies and political subdivisions

The Commission may request and shall receive from every department, division, board, bureau, commission, authority or other agency created by the Commonwealth, or to which the Commonwealth is party, or from any political subdivision of the Commonwealth, cooperation and assistance in the performance of its duties.2004, c. 296.
VA Code § 30-171 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 30 - General Assembly|Chapter 19 - Virginia Commission on Intergovernmental Cooperation|§ 30-171. Virginia Commission on Intergovernmental Cooperation; membership; staff; compensation and expenses; quorum

A. The Virginia Commission on Intergovernmental Cooperation (the Commission) is established in the legislative branch of state government. The Commission shall consist of the following 14 members: (i) the six members of the Commission on Interstate Cooperation of the Senate, (ii) the six members of the Commission on Interstate Cooperation of the House of Delegates, and (iii) the Clerk of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Delegates who shall serve as ex officio, nonvoting members of the Commission.B. The chairman and vice-chairman of the Commission shall serve for a period of two years, and the chairmanship and vice-chairmanship shall alternate between the chairman of the Senate Commission on Interstate Cooperation and the chairman of the House Commission on Interstate Cooperation.C. The Commission on Intergovernmental Cooperation shall select such officials of state government as it deems proper to serve as ex officio, nonvoting members of the Commission for terms of four years each.D. The Division of Legislative Services shall furnish upon request such staff assistance and services to the Commission and its committees as may be required to carry forth the charge of the Commission.E. Members of the Commission shall receive such compensation as provided in § 30-19.12 and shall be reimbursed for all reasonable and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties as provided in §§ 2.2-2813 and 2.2-2825. Funding for the costs of compensation and expenses of the members shall be provided from existing appropriations to the Commission.F. A majority of the members of the Commission shall constitute a quorum. The Commission shall elect a chairman and vice-chairman from among its membership. Meetings of the Commission shall be held at the call of the chairman or whenever the majority of the members so request.1936, pp. 369, 370; Michie Code 1942, § 311a; 1973, c. 538, §§ 9-55, 9-55.1; 1976, c. 61, § 9-53; 1978, c. 198; 1981, cc. 308, 315; 1983, c. 84; 1999, cc. 850, 879; 2001, c. 844; 2002, c. 365; 2004, c. 1000.
VA Code § 30-172 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 30 - General Assembly|Chapter 19 - Virginia Commission on Intergovernmental Cooperation|§ 30-172. Powers and duties of Commission

The Commission shall have the power and duty to:1. Encourage and arrange conferences with officials of other states and other units of government;2. Carry forward the participation of Virginia as a member of the Council of State Governments, both regionally and nationally;3. Formulate proposals for cooperation between Virginia and other states;4. Establish such committees as it deems advisable to conduct conferences and formulate proposals concerning subjects of interstate cooperation;5. Monitor and evaluate the Commonwealth's participation in interstate compacts;6. Review, evaluate, and recommend suggested uniform state legislation;7. Require, at its discretion, from any appointee representing Virginia on any interstate compact, commission, committee, or board, a report on that organization's work and accomplishments;8. Review, evaluate, and make recommendations concerning federal policies that are of concern to the Commonwealth;9. Establish such committees as deemed advisable and designate the members of every such committee. State officials who are not members of the Commission may be appointed as members of any such committee, but at least one member of the Commission shall be a member of every such committee; and10. Appoint persons drawn from the membership of the Senate, the membership of the House of Delegates, and officials of state and local government to serve on those intergovernmental boards, committees, and commissions as to which the Commonwealth is entitled to such appointment, or is invited to make such appointment, provided that members of the General Assembly shall be appointed as follows:a. If an appointment be made from the membership of the Senate, such an appointment shall be made by the Commission on Interstate Cooperation of the Senate and shall be approved by the Chair of the Committee on Rules; andb. If an appointment be made from the membership of the House of Delegates, such appointment shall be made by the Speaker of the House of Delegates in accordance with the principles of proportional representation contained in the Rules of the House of Delegates.The Commission may provide such rules as it considers appropriate concerning the membership and the functioning of any committee established.1936, p. 369; Michie Code 1942, § 311a; 1976, c. 61, § 9-53; 1978, c. 198; 1981, c. 308; 1999, c. 850; 2001, c. 844; 2002, c. 365; 2005, c. 758; 2016, c. 194; 2018, c. 525.
VA Code § 30-173 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 30 - General Assembly|Chapter 19 - Virginia Commission on Intergovernmental Cooperation|§ 30-173. Commission of Senate and Commission of House of Delegates on Interstate Cooperation; membership; compensation and expenses; quorum

A. There is established a Commission on Interstate Cooperation of the Senate in the legislative branch of state government, to consist of six senators as follows: the Chair of the Committee on Rules of the Senate, who shall serve as Chairman of the Commission, and five members appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules.B. There is established a Commission on Interstate Cooperation of the House of Delegates in the legislative branch of state government, also to consist of six members; and the members shall be appointed and the chairman of the Commission shall be designated from among the membership of the Commission by the Speaker of the House of Delegates in accordance with the principles of proportional representation as contained in the Rules of the House of Delegates.C. Such bodies of the Senate and of the House of Delegates shall function during the regular sessions of the General Assembly and also during the interim periods between such sessions. Members appointed and designated shall serve terms coincident with their terms of office.D. Members of the commissions shall receive such compensation as provided in § 30-19.12 and shall be reimbursed for all reasonable and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties pursuant to § 30-171 and this section as provided in §§ 2.2-2813 and 2.2-2825. Funding for the costs of compensation and expenses of the members shall be provided from existing appropriations to the Virginia Commission on Intergovernmental Cooperation.E. A majority of the members shall constitute a quorum on each commission. Meetings of each commission shall be held at the call of the chairman or whenever a majority of the members so request.1936, p. 369; Michie Code 1942, § 311a; 1973, c. 538, § 9-54; 1999, c. 850; 2001, c. 844; 2002, c. 365; 2003, c. 885; 2004, c. 1000; 2016, c. 194.
VA Code § 30-174 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 30 - General Assembly|Chapter 20 - Virginia Commission on Youth|§ 30-174. Virginia Commission on Youth; purpose; membership; terms; compensation and expenses; quorum; voting on recommendations

A. The Virginia Commission on Youth (the Commission) is established in the legislative branch of state government. The purpose of the Commission shall be to study and provide recommendations addressing the needs of and services to the Commonwealth's youth and their families. In so doing, it shall encourage the development of uniform policies and services to youth across the Commonwealth and provide a forum for continuing review and study of such services. In addition to its own proposals, the Commission shall coordinate the proposals and recommendations of all commissions and agencies as to legislation affecting youth.B. The Commission shall consist of 12 members to be appointed as follows: six members of the House of Delegates to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Delegates; three members of the Senate to be appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules; and three nonlegislative citizen members to be appointed by the Governor. Nonlegislative citizen members shall be citizens of the Commonwealth.C. Legislative members shall serve terms coincident with their terms of office. Nonlegislative citizen members shall serve four-year terms. Members may be reappointed for successive terms. Vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired terms. Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointments.D. The Commission shall elect its chairman and vice-chairman annually. A majority of the members shall constitute a quorum. The meetings of the Commission shall be held at the call of the chairman or whenever the majority of the members so request.E. Members of the Commission shall receive compensation as provided in § 30-19.12 and shall be reimbursed for all reasonable and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties as provided in §§ 2.2-2813 and 2.2-2825. However, all such compensation and expense payments shall come from existing appropriations to the Commission.F. No recommendation of the Commission shall be adopted if a majority of the Senate members or a majority of the House members appointed to the Commission (i) vote against the recommendation and (ii) vote for the recommendation to fail notwithstanding the majority vote of the Commission.1989, c. 189, §§ 9-292, 9-293; 1992, c. 778; 2001, c. 844; 2004, c. 1000.
VA Code § 30-175 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 30 - General Assembly|Chapter 20 - Virginia Commission on Youth|§ 30-175. Powers and duties of the Commission

The Commission shall have the power and duty to:1. Undertake studies and to gather information and data in order to accomplish its purposes as set forth in § 30-174, and to formulate and report its recommendations to the General Assembly and the Governor. The chairman of the Commission shall submit to the General Assembly and the Governor an annual executive summary of the interim activity and work of the Commission no later than the first day of each regular session of the General Assembly. The executive summary shall be submitted as provided in the procedures of the Division of Legislative Automated Systems for the processing of legislative documents and reports and shall be posted on the General Assembly's website.2. At the direction or request of the legislature by concurrent resolution or of the Governor, or at the request of any department, board, bureau, commission, authority or other agency created by the Commonwealth or to which the Commonwealth is a party, study the operations, management, jurisdiction or powers of any such department, board, bureau, commission, authority or other agency which has responsibility for services to youth.1989, c. 189, § 9-294; 1992, c. 778; 2001, c. 844; 2004, c. 1000.
VA Code § 30-176 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 30 - General Assembly|Chapter 20 - Virginia Commission on Youth|§ 30-176. Executive director; staff; compensation

The Commission may appoint and employ and, at its pleasure, remove an executive director and such other persons as it deems necessary to assist it in carrying out its duties as set forth in this chapter. The Commission may determine the duties of such staff and fix their salaries or compensation within the amounts appropriated therefor.1989, c. 189, § 9-295; 2001, c. 844.
VA Code § 30-177 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 30 - General Assembly|Chapter 20 - Virginia Commission on Youth|§ 30-177. Cooperation of other state agencies

The Commission may request and shall receive from every department, division, board, bureau, commission, authority or other agency created by the Commonwealth, or to which the Commonwealth is party, or from any political subdivision of the Commonwealth, cooperation and assistance in the performance of its duties.1989, c. 189, § 9-296; 2001, c. 844.