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1996 SESSION
964424112Be 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 seventeen
members as follows: eleven fifteen 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
fifteen 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 [ inspector
official ] , local community development official, real estate
salesperson or broker, Class A residential contractor, multi-family residential
developer [ and or ] manager, nonprofit housing
provider, commercial office developer [ and or ]
manager, shopping center developer [ and or ]
manager, housing or community finance specialist, architect, engineer, 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.