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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 940. Deputy commissioners
(a) Appointment; use of personnel and facilities of boards,
commissions, or other agencies; expenses and salaries
The Secretary may appoint as deputy commissioners any member of
any board, commission, or other agency of a State to act as deputy
commissioner for any compensation district or part thereof in such
State, and may make arrangements with such board, commission, or
other agency for the use of the personnel and facilities thereof in
the administration of this chapter. The Secretary may make such
arrangements as may be deemed advisable by him for the payment of
expenses of such board, commission, or other agency, incurred in
the administration of this chapter pursuant to this section, and
for the payment of salaries to such board, commission, or other
agency, or the members thereof, and may pay any amounts agreed upon
to the proper officers of the State, upon vouchers approved by the
Secretary.
(b) Appointment in Territories and District of Columbia;
compensation
In any Territory of the United States or in the District of
Columbia a person holding an office under the United States may be
appointed deputy commissioner and for services rendered as deputy
commissioner may be paid compensation, in addition to that he is
receiving from the United States, in an amount fixed by the
Secretary in accordance with chapter 51 and subchapter III of
chapter 53 of title 5.
(c) Transfers to other districts; temporary details
Deputy commissioners (except deputy commissioners appointed under
subsection (a) of this section) may be transferred from one
compensation district to another and may be temporarily detailed
from one compensation district for service in another in the
discretion of the Secretary.
(d) Maintaining offices
Each deputy commissioner shall maintain and keep open during
reasonable business hours an office, at a place designated by the
Secretary, for the transaction of business under this chapter, at
which office he shall keep his official records and papers. Such
office shall be furnished and equipped by the Secretary, who shall
also furnish the deputy commissioner with all necessary clerical
and other assistants, records, books, blanks, and supplies.
Wherever practicable such office shall be located in a building
owned or leased by the United States; otherwise the Secretary shall
rent suitable quarters.
(e) Records and papers
If any deputy commissioner is removed from office, or for any
reason ceases to act as such deputy commissioner, all of his
official records and papers and office equipment shall be
transferred to his successor in office or, if there be no
successor, then to the Secretary or to a deputy commissioner
designated by the Secretary.
(f) Conflict of interest
Neither a deputy commissioner or Board member nor any business
associate of a deputy commissioner or Board member shall appear as
attorney in any proceeding under this chapter, and no deputy
commissioner or Board member shall act in any such case in which he
is interested, or when he is employed by any party in interest or
related to any party in interest by consanguinity or affinity
within the third degree, as determined by the common law.
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