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2018 SESSION
18103201DBe it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 9.1-202 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 9.1-202. Virginia Fire Services Board; membership; terms; compensation.
A. The Virginia Fire Services Board (the 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 15 members to be appointed by the
Governor as follows: a representative of the insurance industry; two members of
the general public with no connection to the fire services, one of whom shall
be a representative of those industries affected by SARA Title III and OSHA
training requirements; a nonlegislative
citizen member with fire service experience; a fire service instructor;
and one member each from the Virginia Fire Chiefs Association, the Virginia
State Firefighters Association, the Virginia Professional Fire Fighters, the
Virginia Fire Service Council, the Virginia Fire Prevention Association, the
Virginia Chapter of the International Association of Arson Investigators, the
Virginia Municipal League, and the Virginia Association of Counties, and a member of the
Virginia Society of Fire Service Instructors who is a faculty member who
teaches fire science at a public institution of higher education.
Of these appointees, at least one shall be a volunteer firefighter. The State Fire Marshal, the State
Forester, and a member of the Board of
Housing and Community Development appointed by the chairman of that Board shall
also serve as members of the Board.
Each of the organizations represented shall submit at least three names for each position for the Governor's consideration in making these appointments.
B. Members of the Board appointed by the Governor shall serve for terms of four years. An appointment to fill a vacancy shall be for the unexpired term. No appointee shall serve more than two successive four-year terms but neither shall any person serve beyond the time he holds the office or organizational membership by reason of which he was initially eligible for appointment.
C. The Board annually shall elect its chairman and vice-chairman from among its membership and shall adopt rules of procedure.
D. All members shall be reimbursed for expenses incurred in the performance of their duties as provided in § 2.2-2825. Funding for the expenses shall be provided from the Fire Programs Fund established pursuant to § 38.2-401.
E. The Board shall meet no more than six times each calendar year. The Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security may call a special meeting of the Board should circumstances dictate. A majority of the current membership of the Board shall constitute a quorum for all purposes.