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2014 SESSION

14103552D
HOUSE BILL NO. 1109
Offered January 10, 2014
A BILL to amend and reenact § 2.2-2519 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the Virginia Commission on Higher Education Board Appointments; membership.
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Patrons-- Bulova, Ramadan and Mason
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Referred to Committee on General Laws
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 2.2-2519 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 2.2-2519. Membership; terms; quorum; meetings.

The Commission shall have a total membership of seven eight members that shall consist of five six nonlegislative citizen members and two ex officio members. Nonlegislative citizen members shall be appointed as follows: two nonlegislative citizen members who shall be former members of either the board of visitors of a public institution of higher education or the State Board for Community Colleges; one nonlegislative citizen member who shall be either a former president, provost, or executive vice-president of a public institution of higher education; one faculty member of a public institution of higher education; and two nonlegislative citizen members who shall be citizens-at-large to be appointed by the Governor. The Secretary of Education or his designee and the Secretary of the Commonwealth or his designee shall serve ex officio with nonvoting privileges. Nonlegislative citizen members of the Commission shall be citizens of the Commonwealth.

Nonlegislative citizen members shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor, and ex officio members of the Commission shall serve terms coincident with their terms of office.