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1996 SESSION
964372112Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §§ 36-115 and 36-135 of the Code of Virginia are amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 36-115. Subpoenas; witnesses; designation of subordinates.
In any matter before it on appeal for hearing and determination, the Review
Board, or its designated subordinates, may compel the attendance of all needed
witnesses in like manner as a circuit court, save the Review Board shall not
have the power of imprisonment. In taking evidence, the chairman or any member
of the Review Board, or its designated subordinates, shall have the power to
administer oaths to witnesses. Where a designated subordinate or
of the Review Board presides over hearings on appeals, such
subordinate shall submit recommended findings and a decision to the Review
Board pursuant to § 9-6.14:12.
§ 36-135. Board of Housing and Community Development; members; terms; chairman.
The Board of Housing and Community Development within the Department of Housing
and Community Development shall consist of thirteen sixteen
members as follows: eleven fourteen members,
at least one representing from each of
the congressional district districts in the
Commonwealth, who are appointed by the Governor, subject to confirmation by the
General Assembly,; the Executive Director of the Virginia
Housing Development Authority as an ex officio nonvoting member; and
a member of the Virginia Fire Services Board, to be appointed by the chairman
of that Board. Of the eleven fourteen members
representing each congressional district in Virginia, three such
members shall also represent contractors from each of the examined specialties
of plumbing, heating and cooling, and electrical, and one such member shall
represent a trades inspector appointed by the Governor,
one member shall be appointed from
each of the following categories: plumbing
specialty contractor, heating and cooling specialty
contractor, electrical specialty contractor, local government
building trades inspector, local
community development official, real estate salesperson
or broker, single-family residential developer, multi-family residential
developer and manager, nonprofit housing provider, commercial office
developer and manager, shopping center
developer and manager, housing or community finance specialist,
design professional, and a citizen at
large.
Members shall serve for four-year terms and no member shall serve for more than two full successive terms. A chairman of the Board shall be elected annually by the Board.
2. That the provisions of this act shall not effect members of the Board of Housing and Community Development who were appointed and confirmed prior to July 1, 1996.