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2004 SESSION
044892812Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 62.1-69.34 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 62.1-69.34. Virginia Roanoke River Basin Advisory Committee established; purpose; membership; terms; meetings.
A. The Virginia Roanoke River Basin Advisory Committee, hereinafter referred to
as the "Committee," is hereby established in the executive branch of state
government as an advisory committee to the Virginia delegation to the Roanoke
River Basin Bi-State Commission. The Committee shall assist the delegation in
fulfilling its duties and carrying out the objectives of the Commission,
pursuant to § 62.1-69.39. The advisory committee shall be composed of 21 23
members that include six legislative members and 11 nonlegislative
citizen members, and four ex officio members. Members shall be appointed as
follows: two members of the Senate, whose districts include a part of the Virginia
portion of the Roanoke River Basin, to be appointed by the Senate Committee on
Privileges and ElectionsRules; four members of the House of Delegates,
whose districts include a part of the Virginia portion of the Roanoke River
Basin, to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Delegates in accordance
with the principles of proportional representation contained in the Rules of
the House of Delegates; one nonlegislative citizen member at large appointed by
the Senate Committee on Rules; one nonlegislative citizen member at large appointed
by the Speaker of the House of Delegates; 11 nonlegislative citizen members
selected by the legislative members of the advisory committee such that two are
chosen from recommendations of whom two each shall be members of the each of
the following: the Central Virginia Planning District Commission and , the
West Piedmont Planning District Commission, and one shall be a member of the
New River Valley Planning District Commission, from among recommendations submitted
by the respective planning district commissions, to be appointed by the Senate
Committee on Privileges and Elections; two each shall be members of the
Southside Planning District Commission, the Piedmont Planning District Commission,
and the Roanoke Valley Alleghany Planning District Commission, from among
recommendations submitted by the respective planning district commissions, to be
appointed by the Speaker of the House of Delegates; and one member selected by
the legislative members of the advisory committee from among recommendations submitted by
the New River Valley Planning District Commission; and the Virginia member of
the United States House of Representatives, whose district includes the largest
portion of the Basin, or his designee, and three representatives of the State
of North Carolina appointed in a manner as the General Assembly of North
Carolina may determine appropriate. Except for the representatives of North
Carolina, all nonlegislative citizen members shall be citizens of the
Commonwealth of Virginia. The Virginia member of the United States House of
Representatives, the members of the Virginia General Assembly, and the
representatives of North Carolina shall serve ex officio without voting
privileges. Of the recommendations submitted by planning district commissions
authorized to recommend two members, one member shall be a nonlegislative
citizen who resides within the respective planning district. However, the New
River Valley Planning District Commission may recommend either one
nonlegislative citizen at large who resides within the planning district or one
member, who at the time of the recommendation, is serving as an elected member
or an employee of a local governing body, or one member of the board of
directors or an employee of the planning district commission. All persons
recommended by the planning district commissions to serve as members of the
advisory committee shall reside within the Basin's watershed, represent the
diversity of interests in the jurisdictions comprising the respective planning
district commissions, and demonstrate interest, experience, or expertise in
water-related Basin issues.
B. State and federal legislative members and local government officials
appointed to the advisory committee shall serve terms coincident with their
terms of office. Initial appointments of nonlegislative citizen members shall
be staggered as follows: two members for a term of two years and three members
for a term of one year appointed by the Senate Committee on Privileges and
Elections; and three members for a term of two years and three members for a
term of one year appointed by the Speaker of the House of Delegates.
Thereafter, nonlegislative citizen members shall be appointed for a.
Nonlegislative citizen members nonlegislative citizen members appointed by the Senate
Committee on Rules and the Speaker of the House of Delegates to serve on the advisory
committee, and ex officio members representing the State of North Carolina
shall serve a term of two years. Initially, planning district commissions
authorized to recommend two nonlegislative citizen members to the advisory
committee shall recommend one member for a term of two years and one member for
a term of one year. However, the nonlegislative citizen member recommended to
serve on the advisory committee by the New River Valley Planning District
Commission shall serve a term of one year. After the initial staggering of
terms, the term of office of nonlegislative citizen members recommended by the
planning district commissions shall be for two years. All members may be
reappointed. Nonlegislative citizen members recommended by planning district
commissions shall be eligible for reappointment, if such members shall have attended
at least one-half of all meetings of the Commission during their current term of
service. However, nomember recommended by a planning district commission
Nonlegislative citizen members shall serve for no more than three
consecutive two-year terms. Appointments to fill vacancies, other than by expiration of a term,
shall be made for the unexpired terms. Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as the
original appointment. The remainder of any term to which a nonlegislative
citizen member is appointed to fill shall not constitute a term in determining the
member's eligibility for reappointment.
The advisory committee shall elect a chairman and a vice chairman from among its voting members. A majority of the voting members shall constitute a quorum. The meetings of the advisory committee shall be held at the call of the chairman or whenever the majority of the voting members so request.
2. That this act shall not be construed to affect existing appointment for which the terms have not expired. However, any new appointments made after the effective date of this act shall be made in accordance with the provisions of this act.