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HB 2249 Public Telecommunications Board & Public Broadcasting Board.

Introduced by: Alan A. Diamonstein | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY:

Virginia Public Telecommunications Board; Virginia Public Broadcasting Authority. Repeals the former and creates the latter to be under the supervision of the Secretary of Administration. The Board is charged to further the public purposes of (i) enriching the lives of all citizens of the Commonwealth; (ii) improving and enhancing educational opportunities; (iii) providing the citizens of the Commonwealth with comprehensive information on the activities of state government; (iv) maintaining and improving the public broadcasting stations' infrastructures; (v) promoting economic development through the wider availability of worker-training and job-skills enhancements; (vi) promoting tourism through the widespread distribution of programming that recognizes and displays Virginia's historical, educational, recreational and cultural resources; and (vii) improving efficiency in state government through the use of public broadcasting production and distribution systems. The Board will consist of 15 members, 11 to be appointed by the Governor from each congressional district and 4 to serve by virtue of their positions in state government.


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