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2010 SESSION

10104149D
SENATE BILL NO. 713
Offered January 22, 2010
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 67-600 and 67-602 of the Code of Virginia, relating to membership of the Coastal Energy Research Consortium.
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Patron-- Petersen
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Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.  That §§ 67-600 and 67-602 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 67-600. Virginia Coastal Energy Research Consortium established.

The Virginia Coastal Energy Research Consortium, hereinafter referred to as the Consortium, is hereby created to include Old Dominion University, the Virginia Institute of Marine Science of The College of William and Mary, the Advanced Research Institute of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, James Madison University, Norfolk State University, Virginia Commonwealth University, Hampton University, George Mason University, and the University of Virginia and is to be located at Old Dominion University.

§ 67-602. Control and supervision.

The Consortium shall be governed by a board of directors, which shall consist of 15 16 voting members as follows: (i) the Director of the Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy or his designee; (ii) the Commissioner of the Virginia Marine Resources Commission or his designee; (iii) the President of the Virginia Manufacturers Association or his appointed member of the maritime manufacturing industry; (iv) the President of the Virginia Maritime Association or his appointed member of the maritime industry; (v) the Director of the Advanced Research Institute of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University or his designee; (vi) the President of Old Dominion University or his designee; (vii) the Director of the Virginia Institute of Marine Science of The College of William and Mary or his designee; (viii) the President of Norfolk State University or his designee; (ix) the President of James Madison University or his designee; (x) the President of Virginia Commonwealth University or his designee; (xi) the President of the University of Virginia or his designee; (xii) the President of Hampton University or his designee; (xiii) the President of George Mason University or his designee; (xiii) (xiv) the chairman of the Hampton Roads Technology Council or his appointed member of the technology community; (xiv) (xv) the Director of the Hampton Roads Clean Cities Coalition or his appointed member of the renewable energy industry; and (xv) (xvi) the Director of the Department of Environmental Quality or his designee as the lead agency for the Virginia Coastal Zone Management Program.