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The Virginia Constitution of 1902 created the SCC to replace the Virginia Board of Public Works and the Office of Railroad Commissioner. The three-member Commission was charged with regulating the state railroads and telephone and telegraph companies and with registering corporations in Virginia. The SCC began operations on March 2, 1903.
In 1956, the United States, Canada, and Mexico came to an agreement with the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators, the Automobile Manufacturers Association and the National Safety Council that standardized the size for license plates for vehicles (except those for motorcycles) at 6 inches (15 cm) in height by 12 inches (30 cm) in width, with standardized mounting holes. [4]
Virginia employers that are required to insure their workers' compensation liability may be eligible to participate in a group self-insurance association. The Virginia Workers' Compensation Act established this program in section 65.2-802 [11] of the Code of Virginia. The program is administered by the State Corporation Commission, Bureau of ...
The Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles (Virginia DMV) is the governmental agency responsible for vehicle titling and registration, driver licensing and maintenance of driver and vehicle records. The agency also collects Virginia's fuel tax, monitors the state's trucking industry and serves as Virginia's Highway Safety Office.
William Meade Fletcher (October 21, 1870 – December 19, 1943) was an American lawyer, professor and Virginia judge, perhaps best known as the author of Fletcher's Cyclopedia of the Law of Corporations which continues to be revised decades after his death.
Allen Caperton Braxton (March 6, 1862 – March 22, 1914) was a Virginia lawyer and member of the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1901–1902. He is considered the founder of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, and was president of the Virginia Bar Association in 1906-07. Biography
Under the Virginia Constitution of 1901, the secretary of the Commonwealth was an elected post, along with the governor, lieutenant governor, and attorney general. Under Virginia's current constitution, enacted in 1971, and with the creation of the Governor's Cabinet during the administration of Governor A. Linwood Holton Jr. , the secretary of ...
The State Corporation Commission (SCC) announced on November 16, 2022, that it would overlay the existing area code, likely in the first half of 2024. [3] On November 22, 2022, the SCC approved the new area code 686 to be implemented after the numbers in area code 804 have been exhausted. [ 4 ]