This report is a result of the study directive continued in Senate Joint Resolution No. 19 passed by the 1974 Session of the General Assembly.

Pursuant to the study directive the original members of the Commission appointed under authority of Senate Joint Resolution No. 81 of the 1973 Session continued to serve. The membership of the Commission was constituted as follows: Senators Howard P. Anderson, Halifax; Herbert H. Bateman, Newport News; and H. Selwyn Smith, Manassas; the Speaker of the House of Delegates, appointed Delegates V. Earl Dickinson, Mineral; James Hardy Dillard, II, Fairfax; Richard W. Elliott, Rustburg; Dorothy S. McDiarmid, Vienna; Nathan H. Miller, Bridgewater; Philip B. Morris, Richmond; and J. Warren White, Jr., Norfolk; the Governor appointed Dr. Steven G. Conerly, Johnson City, Tennessee; Dr. Harold H. Harris, Jr., Blacksburg; Dr. Ashby H. Henderson, Troutville; Millard B. Rice, Phenix; and Fred Scott, Winchester; Mr. Roy L. Farmer, Director of the Office of Consumer Affairs, Richmond was named a member in Senate Joint Resolution No. 81; and the Attorney General designated John B. Purcell, Esquire, Richmond, to represent his office.

Senator Herbert H. Bateman and Honorable J. Warren White, Jr. continued to serve as Chairman and Vice Chairman respectively.

The Division of Legislative Services made staff and facilities available to carry out the study, L. Willis Robertson, Jr. and Mrs. Joanne S. Palmore being assigned to assist the Study Commission.