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2019 SESSION
19100848DBe 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, 2019) 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 seven legislative members, four five
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 three
members of the Senate to be appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules; and four five
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, and one shall be a representative of the
Virginia, Maryland and Delaware Association of Electric
Cooperatives. 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 Commerce and Trade.
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 Commerce and
Trade. The Division of Legislative Services shall provide
additional staff support to legislative members serving on the Council.
2. That the second enactment of Chapter 444 of the Acts of Assembly of 2008, as amended by Chapter 759 of the Acts of Assembly of 2018, is amended and reenacted as follows:
2. That the provisions of this act shall expire on July 1, 2019 2023.
3. That the third enactment of Chapter 818 of the Acts of Assembly of 2009, as amended by Chapter 759 of the Acts of Assembly of 2018, is amended and reenacted as follows:
3. That the provisions of this act shall expire on July 1, 2019 2023.
4. That the third enactment of Chapter 852 of the Acts of Assembly of 2009, as amended by Chapter 759 of the Acts of Assembly of 2018, is amended and reenacted as follows:
3. That the provisions of this act shall expire on July 1, 2019 2023.