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2001 SESSION


CHAPTER 526
An Act to amend and reenact § 51.5-31 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the Virginia Board for People with Disabilities.
[S 1286]
Approved March 23, 2001

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 51.5-31 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 51.5-31. Board created.

There shall be a Virginia Board for People with Disabilities, responsible to the Secretary of Health and Human Resources. The Board shall be composed of forty members, to include the head or a person designated by the head of the Department for the Aging, Department for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing, Department of Education, Department of Medical Assistance Services, Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services, Department of Rehabilitative Services, and the Department for the Visually Handicapped; one representative of the protection and advocacy agency; one representative of the university-affiliated facility; one representative each, to be appointed by the Governor, of a higher education training facility, of a local governmental agency, of a manufacturing interest, of or a retailing industry, of a real estate interest high-technology industry, of a public transit interest, and of a nongovernmental agency or group concerned with services for persons with developmental disabilities, to be appointed by the Governor;, a banking executive, two persons one person with disabilities other than developmental disabilities to be appointed by the Governor; two citizens from the Commonwealth at large to be appointed by the Governor;, and twenty twenty-four persons with developmental disabilities or the parents or guardians of such persons, to be appointed by the Governor. Of the last twenty twenty-four persons, at least six eight shall be persons with developmental disabilities; at least six eight shall be immediate relatives or guardians of persons with mentally impairing developmental disabilities; and at least one person shall be an immediate relative or guardian of an institutionalized person with a developmental disability.

Each member appointed by the Governor shall be appointed for a four-year term, except that of the members appointed in 1989, eight shall be appointed for a term of four years, eight shall be appointed for a term of three years, eight shall be appointed for a term of two years, and seven shall be appointed for a term of one year. Members so appointed shall be subject to removal at the pleasure of the Governor. Any vacancy other than by expiration of a term shall be filled for the unexpired term. No person appointed by the Governor shall serve for more than two successive terms.

The Board shall elect its chairman.