Authority: Title 15.2, Chapter 31, §§ 15.2-3109, 15.2-3231 through 15.2-3235, 15.2-3400 and 30-19.03, Code of Virginia.

Notwithstanding Title 15.2, Chapter 29, and § 30-19.03, Code of Virginia, the staff, facilities, assets, and obligations of the Commission on Local Government are hereby consolidated with the Department of Housing and Community Development effective July 1, 2003. All powers and duties conferred on the Executive Director of the Commission on Local Government shall thereafter be exercised by the Director of the Department of Housing and Community Development. The Commission on Local Government shall continue in existence as a commission in the Department of Housing and Community Development. Staff support for the Commission on Local Government shall be provided by the Director and employees of the Department of Housing and Community Development. The Commission shall otherwise continue to exercise all powers and duties conferred upon it by the Code of Virginia. The Commissioners shall be compensated as provided in § 15.2-2904, Code of Virginia, from funds appropriated to the Department of Housing and Community Development.