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2006 SESSION
063217726Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §§ 3.1-22.8, 15.2-6501, 62.1-67 of the Code of Virginia are amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 3.1-22.8. Administration of Foundation; appointment and terms of board of trustees.
A. The Foundation shall be governed and administered by a
board of trustees, consisting of 18 members as follows: four members
of the House of Delegates, three of
whom shall be members of the House
Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources and
one of whom shall represent Surry
County, appointed
by the Speaker of the House of Delegates; two
members of the Senate, one of whom shall be a member of the Senate Committee on
Agriculture, Conservation and
Natural Resources and one of whom shall represent
Surry County, appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules;
the Commissioner of Agriculture and
Consumer Services and the Director of the Department of Conservation and
Recreation who shall both serve ex officio, without voting privileges; and of
fourteen other10 nonlegislative
citizen members appointed by the Governor, subject to confirmation
by the General Assembly, as follows: one member shall be
appointed from the House Committee on Agriculture for a term concurrent with
the term for which he has been elected to office; one member shall be appointed
from the House of Delegates who has been elected to represent Surry County for
a term concurrent with the term for which he has been elected to office; one
member shall be appointed from the Senate Committee on Agriculture,
Conservation and Natural Resources for a term concurrent with the term for
which he has been elected to office; one member shall be appointed from the
Senate who has been elected to represent Surry County for a term concurrent
with the term for which he has been elected to office; one member
shall be appointed after conferring with the board of supervisors of Surry
County, which member may be either a member of said the
board of supervisors or from the county at large, for a term of four
years; one member shall be appointed after conferring with the dean
of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Virginia Polytechnic
Institute and State University for
a term of four years; and eight members shall be appointed from
the Commonwealth at-large for four-year terms. Legislative
members, the Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services, and the Director of the Department of Conservation and Recreation shall
serve terms coincident with their terms of office. Members
appointed by the Governor shall serve terms of
four years. Vacancies occurring before the
expiration of term shall be filled for the unexpired term. All members
appointed may be reappointed.
B. Trustees of the Foundation shall be reimbursed for all reasonable and necessary expenses incurred by them in the performance of their duties on behalf of the Foundation. Such reimbursement shall be paid from the Chippokes Plantation Farm Foundation Fund.
C. The Foundation shall elect from its membership a chairman, vice-chairman, and such other officers as it deems appropriate.
D. The chairman of the Board, the treasurer, and any other person designated by the Board to handle the funds of the Foundation, shall give bond, with corporate surety, in such penalty as is fixed by the Governor, conditioned upon the faithful discharge of his duties. The premium on the bonds shall be paid from funds available to the Foundation.
§ 15.2-6501. Board of the Authority; qualifications; terms; quorum; records.
All powers, rights, and duties conferred by this chapter, or
other provisions of law, upon the Authority shall be exercised by the Board of
the Tourist Train Development Authority, hereinafter referred to as "the
board." Initial appointments to the board shall begin July
1, 2000. The board shall consist of eight nine
members appointed by the Governor as follows: seven
members appointed by the Governor of whom three shall
be representatives from the governing bodies of Tazewell County,
the Town of Bluefield, Virginia, and the Town of Pocahontas; and
four shall be nonlegislative citizen
members, who shall be residents ofreside
in Tazewell County; and one
member of the General Assembly House of Delegates representing
Tazewell County, who
shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Delegates if
more than one Delegate
represents Tazewell County; and one member of the Senate representing
Tazewell County, who shall serve as an ex officio, voting member who shall be appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules if more than one
Senator represents Tazewell County. All members shall serve for a
term of four years and may be reappointed for one additional term, except the member appointed
from the General Assembly legislative members, who shall serve no
more than four years terms coincident with their terms of
office and may be reappointed.
The term of any member of the board shall immediately terminate if the member
no longer meets the eligibility criteria of the initial appointment. Vacancies
shall be filled for the unexpired term. For the initial
appointments only, three of the members shall be appointed for two-year terms
and such initial terms shall not be counted toward the term limitation.
The board shall elect from its membership a chairman, a
vice-chairman, and from its membership or not, as they desire, a secretary and
a treasurer, or a secretary-treasurer, who shall continue to hold such office
until their respective successors are elected. The members of the board shall
receive no salarycompensation. All members may be
reimbursed for reasonable and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of
their duties from such funds as may be available to the Authority.
Four members of the board shall constitute a quorum of the board for the purposes of conducting its business and exercising its powers and for all other purposes. No vacancy in the membership of the board shall impair the right of a quorum to exercise all the powers and perform all the duties of the board. The board shall keep detailed minutes of its proceedings, which shall be open to public inspection at all times. It shall keep suitable records of its financial transactions and, unless exempted by § 30-140, it shall arrange to have the records audited annually. Copies of each such audit shall be furnished to the governing bodies of Tazewell County and all adjacent counties and the Auditor of Public Accounts and shall be open to public inspection.
§ 62.1-67. Appointment, terms and qualifications of members; alternate members.
If and when the Governor shall have executed such
compact, The Commission shall consist of three
members of the Commission shall be as
follows: one legislative member of the Commission
on Intergovernmental Cooperation who resides in the
Potomac River drainage basin appointed
by the Joint Rules Committee, one nonlegislative
citizen member appointed by the Governor and shall hold office
for terms of four years each, subject to suspension or removal by the Governor who resides in the Potomac
River drainage basin, and the executive director of the State Water Control Board.
Appointments to fill vacancies shall be made for the respective unexpired
terms. Two of the members so appointed shall be residents
of the Potomac River drainage basin, one of whom shall be a legislative member
of the Commission on Intergovernmental Cooperation, but if either member should
cease to be a resident of the basin his term of office shall thereupon
terminate and his office shall become vacant. The executive director of the
State Water Control Board shall serve as the third member. One of
the members shall be designated by the Governor as chairman. The Governor and
the Joint Rules Committee shall appoint alternate members for the
members of their appointees to the Commission,
and each alternate shall have power to act in the absence of the person for
whom he is alternate. The Governor shall appoint the first alternates
hereunder on or before July 1, 1962, theThe legislative
member and executive director of the State Water Control
Board shall serve terms coincident with their terms of
office and the member appointed by the Governor shall serve a term of four years. The
terms of each alternate to shall run
concurrently with the term of the member for whom he is alternate. All
members may be reappointed.
2. That this act shall not be construed to affect existing appointments for which the terms have not expired. However, any new appointments made after July 1, 2006, shall be made in accordance with the provisions of this act.