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2018 SESSION
18107902DBe it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 2.2-2699.3 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 2.2-2699.3. (Expires July 1, 2018) Broadband Advisory Council; purpose; membership; compensation; chairman.
A. The Broadband Advisory Council (the Council) is established as an advisory council, within the meaning of § 2.2-2100, in the executive branch of state government. The purpose of the Council shall be to advise the Governor on policy and funding priorities to expedite deployment and reduce the cost of broadband access in the Commonwealth.
B. The Council shall have a total membership of 14
16 members that shall consist of six legislative members, four
six nonlegislative citizen members, and four ex officio members. Members
shall be appointed as follows: four members of the House of Delegates to be
appointed by the Speaker of the House of Delegates in accordance with the
principles of proportional representation contained in the Rules of the House
of Delegates; two members of the Senate to be appointed by the Senate Committee
on Rules; and four six nonlegislative citizen members to be
appointed by the Governor, of whom one shall be a representative of the
Virginia Cable Telecommunications Association, one shall be a representative of
the Virginia Telecommunications Industry Association, one shall be a
representative from local government recommended by the Virginia Municipal
League and Virginia Association of Counties, and one shall be a
representative of the Virginia Wireless Internet Service Providers Association,
one shall be a representative of the Virginia, Maryland and Delaware
Association of Electric Cooperatives, and one shall be a representative of a
municipal broadband authority. The Secretaries of Administration,
Agriculture and Forestry, and Commerce and Trade, and Technology,
or their designees, and the executive director of the Center for Rural Virginia
shall serve ex officio. Legislative and ex officio members shall serve terms
coincident with their terms of office. Other members shall be appointed for
terms of two years. Appointments to fill vacancies, other than by expiration of
a term, shall be for the unexpired terms. Vacancies shall be filled in the same
manner as the original appointments. All members may be reappointed.
C. Legislative members of the Council shall receive such
compensation as provided in § 30-19.12. Nonlegislative citizen members shall
serve without compensation. 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 compensation and expenses of
legislative members shall be provided by the operating budgets of the Clerk of
the House of Delegates and the Clerk of the Senate upon approval of the Joint
Rules Committee. Funding for the costs of expenses of the nonlegislative
citizen members and all other expenses of the Council shall be provided by the
Office of the Secretary of Technology Administration.
D. The Council shall elect a chairman and a vice-chairman annually from among its membership. A majority of the members shall constitute a quorum. The Council shall meet at such times as may be called by the chairman or a majority of the Council.
E. Staff to the Council shall be provided by the Office of
Telework Promotion and Broadband Assistance Secretary of Administration.
The Division of Legislative Services shall provide additional staff support to
legislative members serving on the Council.
2. That the third enactment of Chapter 818 of the Acts of Assembly of 2009 is amended and reenacted as follows:
3. That the provisions of this act shall expire on July 1,
2018 2021.
3. That the third enactment of Chapter 852 of the Acts of Assembly of 2009 is amended and reenacted as follows:
3. That the provisions of this act shall expire on July 1,
2018 2021.