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2013 SESSION
13104472DBe it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §§ 33.1-1 and 33.1-2 of the Code of Virginia are amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 33.1-1. State Highway and Transportation Board continued as Commonwealth Transportation Board; number and terms of members; removal from office; Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner continued as Commissioner of Highways; vacancies.
The State Highway and Transportation Board, formerly known as the State Highway and Transportation Commission, is continued and shall hereafter be known as the Commonwealth Transportation Board. Wherever either "Commission" or "Board" is used in this title referring to the State Highway and Transportation Board or the State Highway and Transportation Commission, it shall mean the Commonwealth Transportation Board.
The Board shall consist of seventeen 20 members:
the Secretary of Transportation, the Commissioner of Highways, the Director of
the Department of Rail and Public Transportation, and fourteen 17
citizen members. The citizen members shall be (i) appointed by the Governor as
provided in § 33.1-2, (ii) subject to confirmation by the General Assembly, and
(iii) removable from office during their respective terms by the Governor at
his pleasure. Appointments of citizen members shall be for terms of four years
commencing upon July 1, upon the expiration of the terms of the existing
members, respectively. The initial terms of the members appointed in January,
1987, shall commence when appointed and shall be for terms ending June 30,
1988, June 30, 1989, and June 30, 1990, respectively. Vacancies shall be
filled by appointment by the Governor for the unexpired term and shall be
effective until 30 days after the next meeting of the ensuing General Assembly
and, if confirmed, thereafter for the remainder of the term. No person shall be
eligible to serve more than two successive terms of four years, other than the
Secretary of Transportation, the Commissioner of Highways, and the Director of
the Department of Rail and Public Transportation. A person heretofore or
hereafter appointed to fill a vacancy may serve two additional successive
terms.
The Secretary of Transportation shall serve as Chairman of the Board. The Secretary shall have voting privileges only in the event of a tie. The Commissioner of Highways shall serve as Vice-Chairman of the Board. The Commissioner shall have voting privileges only in the event of a tie when he is presiding during the absence of the Chairman. The Director of the Department of Rail and Public Transportation shall serve without a vote.
Whenever in this title and in the Code of Virginia "State Highway Commission" or "State Highway and Transportation Board" is used, it shall mean "Commonwealth Transportation Board"; "State Highway Commissioner" or "State Highway and Transportation Commissioner" or "Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner" shall mean Commissioner of Highways; and all references to "Department of Highways and Transportation" shall refer to the Department of Transportation.
§ 33.1-2. Residence requirements; statewide interest.
Of such Board, one member shall be a resident of the territory
now included in the Bristol construction district, one in the Salem construction
district, one in the Lynchburg construction district, one in the Staunton
construction district, one in the Culpeper construction district, one in the
Fredericksburg construction district, one two in the Richmond
construction district, one two in the Hampton Roads construction
district, and one two in the Northern Virginia
construction district. The remaining five members shall be appointed from the
Commonwealth at large, but at least two shall reside in standard
metropolitan statistical planning areas and be designated as
urban at-large members, and at least two shall reside outside standard metropolitan
statistical planning areas and be designated as rural at-large
members. The at-large members shall be appointed to represent rural and
urban transportation needs and be mindful of the concerns of seaports and
seaport users, airports and airport users, railways and railway users, and mass
transit and mass transit users. Each member so appointed shall be mindful
of the best interest of the Commonwealth at large primarily instead of those of
the district from which chosen or of the transportation interest represented.