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2013 SESSION
13102754DBe it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 2.2-2614 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 2.2-2614. Citizens' Advisory Council on Furnishing and Interpreting the Executive Mansion; purpose as a nonprofit charitable organization; membership; terms; officers and executive groups; compensation.
A. The Citizens' Advisory Council on Furnishing and
Interpreting the Executive Mansion (the "Council") is established as an
advisory council in the executive branch of state government to operate as a
nonprofit charitable organization. No part of the Council's net earnings shall
inure to the benefit of any private individual nor shall it carry on propaganda
or otherwise attempt to influence legislation or participate in any political
campaign on behalf of any candidate for public office.
B. The Council shall not exceed
thirty 30
members, who shall be appointed by the Governor. No employee of the
Commonwealth or member of the General Assembly shall be eligible for
appointment as a member of the Council. All members shall be deemed
members-at-large charged with the responsibility of serving the best interests
of the whole Commonwealth and no member shall act as representative of any
particular region or of any particular agency or activity.
C. Of the members first appointed,
nine shall be appointed for terms of one year, nine for terms of three years,
and the remaining number for terms of five years. After
the original appointments, all All appointments
shall be for five-year terms. No member of the Council who serves a full
five-year term shall be eligible for reappointment;, provided,
that one year after the termination of his or
her appointment, a member shall be eligible for
reappointment. All vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term in the same
manner as the original appointments.
D. The spouse of the Governor, if any, shall be the honorary chairperson of the Council. The Governor shall designate one member of the Council to serve as chairman of an executive group, such executive group to be determined by the Council, and to be composed of members of the Council. Other advisory and cooperative groups may be appointed by the chairman. After the chairman has served three years, the Council thereafter shall elect its chairman.
E. Members of the Council shall not receive any compensation or reimbursement of expenses for their services.
2. That the terms of the members of the Citizens' Advisory Council on Furnishing and Interpreting the Executive Mansion shall be re-staggered as follows: (i) for the terms that are scheduled to expire on March 31, 2014, six members shall be appointed for a term of five years and two members shall be appointed for a term of six years; (ii) for the terms that are scheduled to expire on March 31, 2016, four members shall be appointed for a term of four years and four members shall be appointed for a term of five years; (iii) for the terms that are scheduled to expire on March 31, 2018, six members shall be appointed for a term of five years, six members shall be appointed for a term of four years, and two members shall be appointed for a term of three years. Thereafter, all terms shall be for five years.