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2014 SESSION
14101451DBe 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 18 22 members: the Secretary of Transportation, the
Commissioner of Highways, the Director of the Department of Rail and Public
Transportation, the Executive Director of the Virginia Port Authority, and 14 18 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, the Director of the Department of Rail and Public Transportation, and
the Executive Director of the Virginia Port Authority. 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 and the Executive Director of the Virginia Port Authority 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 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 seven members shall be
appointed from the Commonwealth at large, but at least two shall reside in
standard metropolitan statistical areas and be designated as urban at-large
members, and at least two four shall reside outside
standard metropolitan statistical 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.