CHAPTER 161

An Act to amend and reenact § 63-162, as amended, of the Code of
Virginia, relating to The Virginia Commission for the Visually Handt-
capped, the appointment, terms and qualification of its members.

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Approved March 1, 1962

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 63-162, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, be amended and
reenacted as follows:

§ 63-162. The Virginia Commission for the Blind shall, after July
one, nineteen hundred and fifty-four, be known as the Virginia Commis-
sion for the Visually Handicapped, and shall consist of seven members
who shall be appointed by the Governor for terms of seven years each, one
term beginning each year. Vacancies occurring on the Commission shall
be filled by the Governor for the unexpired term. All appointments here-
under shall be made without reference to party affiliations, but solely on
account of the fitness of the appointees to discharge their duties as mem-
bers of the Commission. The membership of the Commission, however,
shall at all times include * two * persons who are blind. Four members
of the Commission shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of any
lawful business.

Wherever in the laws of this State reference is made to the Virginia
Commission for the Blind, such reference shall be deemed to be to the
Virginia Commission for the Visually Handicapped.