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2019 SESSION
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 2.2-2101 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 2.2-2101. Prohibition against service by legislators on boards, commissions, and councils within the executive branch; exceptions.
Members of the General Assembly shall be ineligible to serve on boards, commissions, and councils within the executive branch of state government who are responsible for administering programs established by the General Assembly. Such prohibition shall not extend to boards, commissions, and councils engaged solely in policy studies or commemorative activities. If any law directs the appointment of any member of the General Assembly to a board, commission, or council in the executive branch of state government that is responsible for administering programs established by the General Assembly, such portion of such law shall be void, and the Governor shall appoint another person from the Commonwealth at large to fill such a position.
The provisions of this section shall not apply to members of
the Board for Branch Pilots, who shall be appointed as provided for in §
54.1-901; to members of the Board of Trustees of the Southwest Virginia Higher
Education Center, who shall be appointed as provided for in § 23.1-3126; to
members of the Board of Trustees of the Southern Virginia Higher Education
Center, who shall be appointed as provided for in § 23.1-3121; to members of
the Board of Directors of the New College Institute, who shall be appointed as
provided for in § 23.1-3112; to members of the Advisory Board on Teacher
Education and Licensure, who shall be appointed as provided for in §
22.1-305.2; to members of the Virginia Interagency Coordinating Council, who
shall be appointed as provided for in § 2.2-5204; to members of the Board of
Veterans Services, who shall be appointed as provided for in § 2.2-2452; to
members appointed to the Board of Trustees of the Roanoke Higher Education
Authority pursuant to § 23.1-3117; to members of the Board of Trustees of the
Online Virginia Network Authority, who shall be appointed as provided in §
23.1-3136; to members of the Virginia Geographic Information Network Advisory
Board, who shall be appointed as provided for in § 2.2-2423; to members of
the Standards of Learning Innovation Committee, who shall be appointed as
provided for in § 22.1-253.13:10; to members of the Board of Visitors of
the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind, who shall be appointed as
provided for in § 22.1-346.2; to members of the Substance Abuse Services
Council, who shall be appointed as provided for in § 2.2-2696; to members of
the Criminal Justice Services Board, who shall be appointed as provided in §
9.1-108; to members of the State Executive Council for Children's Services, who
shall be appointed as provided in § 2.2-2648; to members of the Virginia Board
of Workforce Development, who shall be appointed as provided for in § 2.2-2471;
to members of the Volunteer Firefighters' and Rescue Squad Workers' Service
Award Fund Board, who shall be appointed as provided for in § 51.1-1201; to
members of the Secure and Resilient Commonwealth Panel, who shall be appointed
as provided for in § 2.2-222.3; to members of the Forensic Science Board, who
shall be appointed as provided for in § 9.1-1109; to members of the Southwest
Virginia Cultural Heritage Foundation, who shall be appointed as provided in §
2.2-2735; to members of the Virginia Growth and Opportunity Board, who shall be
appointed as provided in § 2.2-2485; or to members of the Henrietta Lacks
Commission, who shall be appointed as provided in § 2.2-2538.
2. That § 22.1-253.13:10 of the Code of Virginia is repealed.