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2020 SPECIAL SESSION I
20201295DBe it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §§ 9.1-108 and 9.1-112 of the Code of Virginia are amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 9.1-108. Criminal Justice Services Board membership; terms; vacancies; members not disqualified from holding other offices; designation of chairmen; meetings; compensation.
A. The Criminal Justice Services Board is established as a
policy board within the meaning of § 2.2-2100, in the executive branch of state
government. The Board shall consist of 29 32 members as follows:
the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia, or his designee; the
Attorney General or his designee; the Superintendent of the Department of State
Police; the Director of the Department of Corrections; the Director of the
Department of Juvenile Justice; the Chairman of the Parole Board; the Executive
Director of the Virginia Indigent Defense Commission or his designee; and the
Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court of Virginia. In those instances in
which the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court of Virginia, the
Superintendent of the Department of State Police, the Director of the
Department of Corrections, the Director of the Department of Juvenile Justice,
or the Chairman of the Parole Board will be absent from a Board meeting, he may
appoint a member of his staff to represent him at the meeting.
Seventeen Twenty members shall be appointed by
the Governor from among citizens of the Commonwealth. At least one shall be a
representative of a crime victims' organization or a victim of crime as defined
in subsection B of § 19.2-11.01, one shall be a representative of a social
justice organization, one shall be a mental health service provider, and
one two shall represent community interests, at least one of whom
shall represent the community interests of minority individuals from one of the
four groups defined in subsection F of § 2.2-4310. The remainder shall be
representative of the broad categories of state and local governments, criminal
justice systems, and law-enforcement agencies, including but not limited to,
police officials, sheriffs, attorneys for the Commonwealth, defense counsel,
the judiciary, correctional and rehabilitative activities, and other locally
elected and appointed administrative and legislative officials. Among these
members there shall be two sheriffs representing the Virginia Sheriffs'
Association selected from among names submitted by the Association; one member
who is an active duty law-enforcement officer appointed after consideration of
the names, if any, submitted by police or fraternal associations that have
memberships of at least 1,000; two representatives of the Virginia Association
of Chiefs of Police appointed after consideration of the names submitted by the
Association, if any; one attorney for the Commonwealth appointed after
consideration of the names submitted by the Virginia Association of
Commonwealth's Attorneys, if any; one person who is a mayor, city or town
manager, or member of a city or town council representing the Virginia
Municipal League appointed after consideration of the names submitted by the
League, if any; one person who is a county executive, manager, or member of a county
board of supervisors representing the Virginia Association of Counties
appointed after consideration of the names submitted by the Association, if
any; one member representing the Virginia Association of Campus Law Enforcement
Administrators appointed after consideration of the names submitted by the
Association, if any; one member of the Private Security Services Advisory
Board; and one representative of the Virginia Association of Regional Jails
appointed after consideration of the names submitted by the Association, if
any.
Four members of the Board shall be members of the General Assembly appointed as follows: one member of the House Committee on Appropriations appointed by the Speaker of House of Delegates after consideration of the recommendation by the committee's chairman; one member of the House Committee for Courts of Justice appointed by the Speaker of the House of Delegates after consideration of the recommendation by the committee's chairman; one member of the Senate Committee on Finance appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules after consideration of the recommendation of the chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance; and one member of the Senate Committee for Courts of Justice appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules after consideration of the recommendation of the chairman of the Senate Committee for Courts of Justice. The legislative members shall serve for terms coincident with their terms of office and shall serve as ex officio, nonvoting members. Legislative members may be reappointed for successive terms.
B. The members of the Board appointed by the Governor shall serve for terms of four years, provided that no member shall serve beyond the time when he holds the office or employment by reason of which he was initially eligible for appointment. Gubernatorial appointed members of the Board shall not be eligible to serve for more than two consecutive full terms. Three or more years within a four-year period shall be deemed a full term. Any vacancy on the Board shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment, but for the unexpired term.
C. The Governor shall appoint a chairman of the Board for a two-year term. No member shall be eligible to serve more than two consecutive terms as chairman. The Board shall designate one or more vice-chairmen from among its members, who shall serve at the pleasure of the Board.
D. Notwithstanding any provision of any statute, ordinance, local law, or charter provision to the contrary, membership on the Board shall not disqualify any member from holding any other public office or employment, or cause the forfeiture thereof.
E. The Board shall hold no less than four regular meetings a year. Subject to the requirements of this subsection, the chairman shall fix the times and places of meetings, either on his own motion or upon written request of any five members of the Board.
F. The Board may adopt bylaws for its operation.
G. Legislative members of the Board shall receive such compensation as provided in § 30-19.12 and nonlegislative citizen members shall receive such compensation as provided in § 2.2-2813 for the performance of their duties. 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 the costs of compensation and expenses of the members shall be provided by the Department of Criminal Justice Services.
§ 9.1-112. Committee on Training; membership.
There is created a permanent Committee on Training under the
Board that shall be the policy-making body responsible to the Board for
effecting the provisions of subdivisions 2 through 17 of § 9.1-102. The
Committee on Training shall be composed of 15 19 members of the
Board as follows: the Superintendent of the Department of State Police; the
Director of the Department of Corrections; a member of the Private Security
Services Advisory Board; the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court of
Virginia; two sheriffs representing the Virginia State Sheriffs
Sheriffs' Association; two representatives of the Virginia Association
of Chiefs of Police Association; the active-duty law-enforcement
officer representing police and fraternal associations; the attorney for the
Commonwealth representing the Virginia Association of Commonwealth's Attorneys;
an attorney representing the Virginia Indigent Defense Commission; a
representative of the Virginia Municipal League; a representative of the
Virginia Association of Counties; a mental health service provider; a
regional jail superintendent representing the Virginia Association of Regional
Jails; one citizen representing a social justice organization; two citizens
representing community interests, at least one of whom shall represent the
community interests of minority individuals from one of the four groups defined
in subsection F of § 2.2-4310; and one member designated by the chairman of
the Board from among the other appointments made by the Governor.
The Committee on Training shall annually elect its chairman from among its members.
The Committee on Training may appoint curriculum review committees to assist the Committee on Training in carrying out its duties under this section. Any curriculum review committee shall be composed of nine members appointed by the Committee on Training. At least one member shall be a representative from the Department of State Police Training Academy, one member shall be a representative of a regional criminal justice academy, one member shall be a representative of an independent criminal justice academy, and one member shall be a representative of a community-based organization. The remainder shall be selected from names submitted by the Department of individuals with relevant experience.