Virginia Code 38.2-1319: Expense of examination.
A. Any person examined shall be liable for the necessary traveling and other expenses reasonably attributable to the examiners or incurred by the Commission on account of its examination. The Commission may require the person to pay either a reasonable living expense allowance or the actual living expenses of an examiner, whichever the Commission determines to be more appropriate. Where the examiner is other than a full-time employee of the Commission, the person may, in addition, be required to pay to the Commission’s examiners, upon presentation of an itemized statement, consulting fees or a per diem compensation at a reasonable rate approved by the Commission.
Terms Used In Virginia Code 38.2-1319
- Commission: means the State Corporation Commission. See Virginia Code 38.2-100
- Person: means any association, aggregate of individuals, business, company, corporation, individual, joint-stock company, Lloyds type of organization, organization, partnership, receiver, reciprocal or interinsurance exchange, trustee or society, or any affiliate thereof. See Virginia Code 38.2-1317.1
B. Where the examination concerns a person domiciled or having its home office in this Commonwealth, the Commission may, at its discretion and for good cause, waive payment of expenses.
C. If the Commission finds the accounts to be inadequate, or inadequately kept or posted, it may employ experts to rewrite, post or balance them at the expense of the person examined if that person has failed to complete or correct the accounts after notice and reasonable opportunity has been given by the Commission.
Code 1950, §§ 38-70, 38-125; 1952, c. 317, § 38.1-176; 1986, c. 562; 1992, c. 588.