SEARCH SITE
VIRGINIA LAW PORTAL
- Code of Virginia
- Virginia Administrative Code
- Constitution of Virginia
- Charters
- Authorities
- Compacts
- Uncodified Acts
- RIS Users (account required)
SEARCHABLE DATABASES
- Bills & Resolutions
session legislation - Bill Summaries
session summaries - Reports to the General Assembly
House and Senate documents - Legislative Liaisons
State agency contacts
ACROSS SESSIONS
- Subject Index: Since 1995
- Bills & Resolutions: Since 1994
- Summaries: Since 1994
Developed and maintained by the Division of Legislative Automated Systems.
2005 SESSION
050072122Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 2.2-2514 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 2.2-2514. Membership; terms; vacancies; chairmen.
A. Persons appointed to the Board shall be selected for their knowledge of, background in, or experience with basic and applied research, emerging technologies, commercialization of the results and outputs of research activities, and the development and financing of technology intensive enterprises.
B. The Commission shall consist of twenty-nine 29 members to be appointed as follows: two members of the House
Committee on Science and Technology appointed by the Speaker of the House; the
chairman of the Senate Committee on General Laws or his designee; and twelve 12 citizen members representing
research- and technology-intensive industries, four of whom shall be appointed
by the Speaker of the House, two of whom shall be appointed by the Senate
Committee on Privileges and Elections Rules, and six of whom shall be appointed by the Governor; the
Secretaries of Commerce and Trade, Education, and Technology, or their
designees; and the President of the Center for Innovative Technology or his
designee. The following members shall serve as ex officio members with voting
privileges: the Vice-Provosts of Research, or their designees, at the
University of Virginia, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University,
George Mason University, James Madison University, The College of William and
Mary, Old Dominion University, and Virginia Commonwealth University; the
Director of the Thomas Jefferson Laboratories National
Accelerator Facility (Jefferson Lab) or his designee, the Executive Director senior
technology executive of the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren
Division or his designee, and the Director of the NASA Langley Research Center
or his designee. Legislative members shall be appointed to serve terms
coincident with their terms of office. The citizen members shall be appointed
for terms of four years, except that appointments to fill vacancies shall be
for the unexpired term. Vacancies shall be filled in the manner of the original
appointments.
C. The Governor shall designate one member representing Virginia's research universities and one member representing the private sector as co-chairs.
D. A majority of the members of the Commission shall constitute a quorum. Commission meetings shall be upon the call of the co-chairs.
E. Members of the Commission shall receive compensation and be entitled to be reimbursed for all reasonable and necessary expenses incurred in the discharge of their duties as provided in §§ 2.2-2104, 2.2-2813, 2.2-2823, 2.2-2825 and 30-19.12.