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2017 SESSION
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §§ 9.1-108 and 9.1-112 of the Code of Virginia are amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 9.1-108. Criminal Justice Services Board membership; terms; vacancies; members not disqualified from holding other offices; designation of chairmen; meetings; compensation.
A. The Criminal Justice Services Board is established as a
policy board within the meaning of § 2.2-2100, in the executive branch of state
government. The Board shall consist of 28 29 members as follows:
the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia, or his designee; the
Attorney General or his designee; the Superintendent of the Department of State
Police; the Director of the Department of Corrections; the Director of the
Department of Juvenile Justice; the Chairman of the Parole Board; the Executive
Director of the Virginia Indigent Defense Commission or his designee; and the Executive
Secretary of the Supreme Court of Virginia. In those instances in which the
Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court of Virginia, the Superintendent of the
Department of State Police, the Director of the Department of Corrections, the
Director of the Department of Juvenile Justice, or the Chairman of the Parole
Board will be absent from a Board meeting, he may appoint a member of his staff
to represent him at the meeting.
Sixteen Seventeen members shall be appointed by
the Governor from among citizens of the Commonwealth. At least one shall be a
representative of a crime victims' organization or a victim of crime as defined
in subsection B of § 19.2-11.01, and one shall represent community interests.
The remainder shall be representative of the broad categories of state and
local governments, criminal justice systems, and law-enforcement agencies,
including but not limited to, police officials, sheriffs, attorneys for the
Commonwealth, defense counsel, the judiciary, correctional and rehabilitative activities,
and other locally elected and appointed administrative and legislative
officials. Among these members there shall be two sheriffs representing the
Virginia Sheriffs' Association selected from among names submitted by the
Association; one member who is an active duty law-enforcement officer appointed
after consideration of the names, if any, submitted by police or fraternal
associations that have memberships of at least 1,000; two representatives of
the Virginia Association of Chiefs of Police appointed after consideration of
the names submitted by the Association, if any; one attorney for the
Commonwealth appointed after consideration of the names submitted by the
Virginia Association of Commonwealth's Attorneys, if any; one person who is a
mayor, city or town manager, or member of a city or town council representing
the Virginia Municipal League appointed after consideration of the names
submitted by the League, if any; one person who is a county executive, manager,
or member of a county board of supervisors representing the Virginia
Association of Counties appointed after consideration of the names submitted by
the Association, if any; one member representing the Virginia Crime
Prevention Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators
appointed after consideration of the names submitted by the Association, if
any; one member of the Private Security Services Advisory Board; and one
representative of the Virginia Association of Regional Jails appointed after
consideration of the names submitted by the Association, if any.
Four members of the Board shall be members of the General Assembly appointed as follows: one member of the House Committee on Appropriations appointed by the Speaker of House of Delegates after consideration of the recommendation by the committee's chairman; one member of the House Committee for Courts of Justice appointed by the Speaker of the House of Delegates after consideration of the recommendation by the committee's chairman; one member of the Senate Committee on Finance appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules after consideration of the recommendation of the chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance; and one member of the Senate Committee for Courts of Justice appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules after consideration of the recommendation of the chairman of the Senate Committee for Courts of Justice. The legislative members shall serve for terms coincident with their terms of office and shall serve as ex officio, nonvoting members. Legislative members may be reappointed for successive terms.
B. The members of the Board appointed by the Governor shall serve for terms of four years, provided that no member shall serve beyond the time when he holds the office or employment by reason of which he was initially eligible for appointment. Gubernatorial appointed members of the Board shall not be eligible to serve for more than two consecutive full terms. Three or more years within a four-year period shall be deemed a full term. Any vacancy on the Board shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment, but for the unexpired term.
C. The Governor shall appoint a chairman of the Board for a two-year term. No member shall be eligible to serve more than two consecutive terms as chairman. The Board shall designate one or more vice-chairmen from among its members, who shall serve at the pleasure of the Board.
D. Notwithstanding any provision of any statute, ordinance, local law, or charter provision to the contrary, membership on the Board shall not disqualify any member from holding any other public office or employment, or cause the forfeiture thereof.
E. The Board shall hold no less than four regular meetings a year. Subject to the requirements of this subsection, the chairman shall fix the times and places of meetings, either on his own motion or upon written request of any five members of the Board.
F. The Board may adopt bylaws for its operation.
G. Legislative members of the Board shall receive such compensation as provided in § 30-19.12 and nonlegislative citizen members shall receive such compensation as provided in § 2.2-2813 for the performance of their duties. All members shall be reimbursed for all reasonable and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties as provided in §§ 2.2-2813 and 2.2-2825. Funding for the costs of compensation and expenses of the members shall be provided by the Department of Criminal Justice Services.
§ 9.1-112. Committee on Training; membership.
There is created a permanent Committee on Training under the
Board that shall be the policy-making body responsible to the Board for
effecting the provisions of subdivisions 2 through 17 of § 9.1-102. The
Committee on Training shall be composed of 15 16 members of the
Board as follows: the Superintendent of the Department of State Police; the
Director of the Department of Corrections; the Director of the Department of
Juvenile Justice; a member of the Private Security Services Advisory Board; the
Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court of Virginia; two sheriffs representing
the Virginia State Sheriffs Association; two representatives of the Chiefs of
Police Association; the active-duty law-enforcement officer representing police
and fraternal associations; the attorney for the Commonwealth representing the
Association of Commonwealth's Attorneys; a representative of the Virginia
Municipal League; a representative of the Virginia Association of Counties; a
regional jail superintendent representing the Virginia Association of Regional
Jails; one citizen representing community interests; and one member
designated by the chairman of the Board from among the other appointments made
by the Governor.
The Committee on Training shall annually elect its chairman from among its members.
2. That the Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security shall, in consultation with the Governor, review the current composition of the Criminal Justice Services Board and develop a plan for the restructuring of the Board in order to improve its efficiency in carrying out its duties. The Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security shall submit the plan by December 1, 2017, to the Chairmen of the House and Senate Committees for Courts of Justice.