Va. Code Ann. tit. 12.1, ch. 1

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Va. Code Ann. § 12.1-1 Definitions

As used in this title, the term "corporation" or "company" shall mean all corporations created by acts of the General Assembly of Virginia, or under the general incorporation laws of this Commonwealth, or doing business therein, and shall exclude all municipal corporations, other political subdivisions, and public institutions owned or controlled by the Commonwealth; and the term "the Commission" shall mean the State Corporation Commission. Code 1950, § 12-1; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 157.

Va. Code Ann. § 12.1-2 State Corporation Commission

There shall be a permanent commission known as the State Corporation Commission which shall have the powers and duties prescribed by law and by Article IX of the Constitution of Virginia. 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 157.

Va. Code Ann. § 12.1-3 Seal of the Commission

The Commission shall have and use a common seal, to consist of a circular die with the coat-of-arms of Virginia and the title "State Corporation Commission" stamped upon the face of the die, and shall have power to affix such seal to any paper, record, or document when necessary for the purpose of authentication, and such seal, when so affixed to any paper, record, or document emanating from the Commission or its clerk's office, shall have the same force and effect for authentication as the seal of any court of record in this Commonwealth. Code 1950, § 12-3; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 157.

Va. Code Ann. § 12.1-4 Annual report of the Commission

Each year, the Commission shall make an annual report to the Governor as of December 31 of the preceding year. Copies of this report may be sold by the Clerk of the Commission at a price sufficient to cover costs of printing and binding. The Commission may from time to time include in such annual reports recommendations for new or additional legislation pertaining to matters within its jurisdiction. Code 1950, § 12-4; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 157; 1985, c. 34.

Va. Code Ann. § 12.1-5 Offices; notice, writ or process; where public sessions may be held

The offices of the Commission shall be located, and its public sessions held, in the City of Richmond, and all notices, writs and processes issued by the Commission shall be made returnable to, and command the corporation or person against whom directed to appear before the Commission and answer on a certain day to be named therein; but the Commission may, in its discretion, if public necessity or the convenience of the parties require, hold public sessions elsewhere in the Commonwealth, and may order any notice, writ, or process to be made returnable to the place of any such session; and for the holding of any such session the Commission may occupy the courtroom of the courthouse of the city or county wherein such session may be held, if such courtroom shall not at the time be in use for the sessions of the court of any such city or county. Code 1950, § 12-5; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 157.

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