CHAPTER 271

An Act to amend and reenact § 38-3 of the Code of Virginia, relating to
the State Highway Commissioner in order to provide for the appoint-
ment of an “Acting State Highway Commissioner” in the event of the
death of the State Highway Commissioner.

[S 346]

Approved March 12, 1960

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 33-3 of the Code of Virginia be amended and reenacted to read
as follows:

§ 83-8. The chairman, whose official title shall be State Highway
Commissioner, and who may, at the time of his appointment, be a non-
resident of Virginia, shall be a practical business man and shall be ap-
pointed at large. The State Highway Commissioner, hereinafter in this
title sometimes called “the Commissioner”, shall devote his entire time
and attention to his duties and shall receive such compensation as shall
be fixed by the Governor, subject to the approval of the Commission, unless
such salary be fixed by the General Assembly in the appropriation act.
He shall also be reimbursed for his actual traveling expenses while en-
gaged in the discharge of his duties.

In the event of a vacancy due to death of the State Highway Com-
missioner, the Governor may appoint an “Acting State Highway Com-
missioner’, until such time as the vacancy may be filled as provided in
§ 38-1 of the Code of Virginia. Such “Acting State Highway Commis-
sioner” shall have all powers, and perform all duties, of the State Highway
Commissioner as provided by law, and shall receive such compensation as
may be fixed by the Governor.

Nothing herein contained shall be construed so as to authorize or
empower such “Acting State Highway Commissioner” to serve as a mem-
ber of the Elizabeth River Tunnel Commission.

2. An emergency exists and this Act is in force from its passage.