CODE OF VIRGINIA

EMPLOYMENT OF PERSONNEL AND LEGAL COUNSEL (§ 62.1-132.7)

A. The Authority may appoint, employ, dismiss, and fix and pay compensation to
employees, officers, agents, advisers, and consultants, including financial and
technical advisers, engineers, and public accountants within and without the
Commonwealth and the United States without regard to whether such employees are
citizens of the United States. The Authority shall determine the duties and
compensation of its employees, officers, agents, advisers, and consultants
without the approval of any other agency or instrumentality.

B. The authority may retain legal counsel, subject to the approval of the
Attorney General, to represent the Authority in rate cases and all other
hearings, controversies, or matters involving the interests of the Authority.

HISTORY: 1981, c. 589; 1997, c. 232.