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2014 SESSION
14100682DBe 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
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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
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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.
If the number of congressional districts is increased through redistricting, the Governor shall appoint a member to the Board from the newly created district. If a congressional district is lost through redistricting, the Governor shall remove the member from the lost congressional district. The addition or subtraction of the congressional member shall be from the membership of the at-large members. The effective date of revision in membership shall be July 1 of the year in which the district was created or lost.
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 in the Hampton Roads construction district and one in the Northern Virginia
construction each congressional district. Upon redistricting,
any member who no longer resides in the congressional district that
he was appointed to represent shall resign. The remaining five 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 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.
2. That nothing in this act shall affect the term of any member appointed to the Commonwealth Transportation Board prior to January 1, 2014, as long as such member is transitioned into a citizen member seat according to the congressional districts for the remainder of his term.