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2000 SESSION

004786824
HOUSE BILL NO. 1054
Offered January 24, 2000
A BILL to amend and reenact § 9-6.25:1 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 56-484.6:1, relating to the Consumer Advisory Board for Virginia Relay.
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Patron-- Marshall
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Referred to Committee on General Laws
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 9-6.25:1 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted, and that the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 56-484.6:1 as follows:

§ 9-6.25:1. Advisory boards, commissions and councils.

There shall be, in addition to such others as may be designated in accordance with § 9-6.25, the following advisory boards, commissions and councils within the executive branch:

Advisory Board for the Department for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing

Advisory Board on Athletic Training

Advisory Board on Child Abuse and Neglect

Advisory Board on Medicare and Medicaid

Advisory Board of Occupational Therapy

Advisory Board on Physical Therapy to the Board of Medicine

Advisory Board on Rehabilitation Providers

Advisory Board on Respiratory Care to the Board of Medicine

Advisory Board on Teacher Education and Licensure

Advisory Commission on the Virginia Schools for the Deaf and the Blind

Advisory Council on Revenue Estimates

Advisory Council on the Virginia Business-Education Partnership Program

Appomattox State Scenic River Advisory Board

Aquaculture Advisory Board

Art and Architectural Review Board

Board for the Visually Handicapped, Virginia

Board of Directors, Virginia Truck and Ornamentals Research Station

Board of Forestry

Board of Military Affairs

Board of Rehabilitative Services

Board of Transportation Safety

Board of Trustees of the Family and Children's Trust Fund

Board of Visitors, Gunston Hall Plantation

Board on Veterans' Affairs

Catoctin Creek State Scenic River Advisory Board

Cave Board

Charity Food Assistance Advisory Board

Chickahominy State Scenic River Advisory Board

Chief Information Officer Advisory Board

Clinch Scenic River Advisory Board

Coal Surface Mining Reclamation Fund Advisory Board

Coastal Land Management Advisory Council, Virginia

Commonwealth Competition Council

Commonwealth Council on Aging

Consumer Advisory Board for Virginia Relay

Council on Indians

Council on the Status of Women

Debt Capacity Advisory Committee

Emergency Medical Services Advisory Board

Falls of the James Committee

Goose Creek Scenic River Advisory Board

Governor's Mined Land Reclamation Advisory Committee

Hemophilia Advisory Board

Human Services Information and Referral Advisory Council

Interagency Coordinating Council on Housing for the Disabled

Interdepartmental Board of the State Department of Minority Business Enterprise

Litter Control and Recycling Fund Advisory Board

Local Advisory Board to the Blue Ridge Community College

Local Advisory Board to the Central Virginia Community College

Local Advisory Board to the Dabney S. Lancaster Community College

Local Advisory Board to the Danville Community College

Local Advisory Board to the Eastern Shore Community College

Local Advisory Board to the Germanna Community College

Local Advisory Board to the J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College

Local Advisory Board to the John Tyler Community College

Local Advisory Board to the Lord Fairfax Community College

Local Advisory Board to the Mountain Empire Community College

Local Advisory Board to the New River Community College

Local Advisory Board to the Northern Virginia Community College

Local Advisory Board to the Patrick Henry Community College

Local Advisory Board to the Paul D. Camp Community College

Local Advisory Board to the Piedmont Virginia Community College

Local Advisory Board to the Rappahannock Community College

Local Advisory Board to the Southside Virginia Community College

Local Advisory Board to the Southwest Virginia Community College

Local Advisory Board to the Thomas Nelson Community College

Local Advisory Board to the Tidewater Community College

Local Advisory Board to the Virginia Highlands Community College

Local Advisory Board to the Virginia Western Community College

Local Advisory Board to the Wytheville Community College

Maternal and Child Health Council

Medical Advisory Board, Department of Motor Vehicles

Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers Board

North Meherrin State Scenic River Advisory Board

Nottoway State Scenic River Advisory Board

Personnel Advisory Board

Plant Pollination Advisory Board

Private College Advisory Board

Private Security Services Advisory Board

Psychiatric Advisory Board

Public Guardian and Conservator Advisory Board

Radiation Advisory Board

Rappahannock Scenic River Advisory Board

Recreational Fishing Advisory Board, Virginia

Reforestation Board

Rockfish State Scenic River Advisory Board

Shenandoah State Scenic River Advisory Board

Small Business Advisory Board

Small Business Environmental Compliance Advisory Board

St. Mary's Scenic River Advisory Committee

State Advisory Board on Air Pollution

State Building Code Technical Review Board

State Health Benefits Advisory Council

State Land Evaluation Advisory Council

State Networking Users Advisory Board

State Public Records Advisory Council

Statewide Independent Living Council

Statewide Rehabilitation Advisory Council

Statewide Rehabilitation Advisory Council for the Blind

Staunton Scenic River Advisory Committee

Substance Abuse Services Council

Telecommunications Relay Service Advisory Board

Virginia-Israel Advisory Board

Virginia Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations

Virginia Advisory Council for Adult Education and Literacy

Virginia Coal Mine Safety Board

Virginia Coal Research and Development Advisory Board

Virginia Commission for the Arts

Virginia Correctional Enterprises Advisory Board

Virginia Council on Coordinating Prevention

Virginia Equal Employment Opportunity Council

Virginia Geographic Information Network Advisory Board

Virginia Interagency Coordinating Council

Virginia Military Advisory Council

Virginia Public Buildings Board

Virginia Recycling Markets Development Council

Virginia Transplant Council

Virginia Veterans Cemetery Board

Virginia Water Resources Research Center, Statewide Advisory Board

Virginia Winegrowers Advisory Board.

§ 56-484.6:1. Consumer Advisory Board for Virginia Relay established; duties; composition of board and terms of office; cause for removal; funding; staffing.

A. There is hereby established within the Department for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing the Consumer Advisory Board for Virginia Relay. Its duties and responsibilities shall include:

1. Ensuring through research and practical experience that the Virginia Relay is meeting the needs of its users;

2. Collecting feedback from consumers to be shared with the Virginia Department for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing, the Department of Information Technology, and the contractor;

3. Providing advice on meeting the requirements for functional equivalence required by law;

4. Assisting in transmitting information from the administering agencies and contractor to consumers;

5. Providing access to consumers and other interested parties through meetings held in various regions of the Commonwealth as determined by the Advisory Board; and

6. Providing other assistance to the Board of the Virginia Department for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing as requested.

B. The Advisory Board shall be composed of eleven members to be appointed by the Governor representing the various regions of the Commonwealth and the following specific interests: one from a statewide consumer organization of deaf individuals; one from a statewide consumer organization of hard-of-hearing individuals; one from a statewide organization of late-deafened individuals; one with a physical or sensory disability from a statewide organization of Centers for Independent Living; one from a consumer organization of speech-impaired individuals; one from a consumer organization of deaf-blind individuals; two hearing individuals who use Virginia Relay; and one representative each from the Virginia Department for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing, the Department of Information Technology, and the State Corporation Commission. The Board shall also include a representative of the contractor who shall be a nonvoting member.

C. The term of office for appointed members of the Advisory Board shall be three years except for the initial appointments, which shall be staggered in the following manner as decided by the Board: three members shall serve one year, four shall serve two years, and four shall serve three years. At the completion of his term, a member of the Board shall continue to serve until a successor is appointed. Advisory Board members may serve no more than two full consecutive terms. Any vacancies created by resignation or other means shall be filled to meet the same qualifications as the original position and the person appointed to fill the position shall serve for the unexpired term.

D. The Governor may remove a member of the Board for incompetence, neglect or malfeasance.

E. Funding for expenses for the Board and its duties shall be funded by a portion of the proceeds from the telecommunications relay service fund, collected by the State Corporation Commission.

F. The Department for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing shall supply personnel to support the operation of the Board and provide other assistance as the Board requests. Funding for these purposes shall also come from a portion of the telecommunications relay service fund.