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1998 SESSION

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SENATE BILL NO. 442
Offered January 26, 1998
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 2.1-20.3, 2.1-20.4, 9-14, and 14.1-18 of the Code of Virginia, relating to compensation and expenses payable to members of boards, commissions, committees, councils, and other bodies.
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Patrons-- Holland, Chichester, Saslaw and Walker
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Referred to the Committee on Finance
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That §§ 2.1-20.3, 2.1-20.4, 9-14, and 14.1-18 of the Code of Virginia are amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 2.1-20.3. Compensation and expense payments from state funds for certain executive department services.

A. Subject to the provisions of subsections B through Fand C, members of certain boards, commissions, committees, councils and other similar bodies, who are appointed at the state level, shall be compensated at the rate of fifty dollars per day, unless a different rate of compensation is specified for such members, plus reasonable and necessary expenses, for each day or portion thereof in which the member is engaged in the business of that body.

B. Full-time employees of the Commonwealth or any of its local political subdivisions, including full-time faculty members of state-supported colleges and universities, shall be limited to reimbursement for such employee's reasonable and necessary expenses.

C. No person shall receive total compensation of more than fifty dollars per day for services performed on any one day. Whenever a member attends two or more meetings in a single day, compensation and expenses shall be prorated among the bodies served.

D. Members of boards, commissions, committees, councils and other similar bodies whose principal responsibility, as defined by statute, is either advisory or advocacy shall not receive compensation from state funds.

E. Members of boards of institutions of education, the boards for cultural and science education and the boards for historic and commemorative attractions shall not receive compensation from state funds.

F. With the exception of payments from discretionary funds appropriated to the Governor, members of boards, commissions, committees, councils, and other similar bodies which have not been codified into the Code of Virginia shall not receive compensation from state funds.

§ 2.1-20.4. Bodies receiving compensation.

A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the following members of the commissions, boards, etc. committees, councils and other similar bodies listed below, and members of any other board, committee, council, or similar body who is appointed at the state level, shall be those which receive compensation from state funds pursuant to § 2.1-20.3:

Accountancy, Board for

Agriculture and Consumer Services, Board of

Air Pollution Control Board, State

Airports Authority, Virginia

Apprenticeship Council

Architects, Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors and Landscape Architects, State Board for

Athletic Board, Virginia

Auctioneers Board

Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology, Board of

Aviation Board, Virginia

Barbers, Board for

Branch Pilots, Board for

Building Code Technical Review Board, State

Charitable Gaming Commission

Chesapeake Bay Local Assistance Board

Coal Mining Examiners, Board of

College Building Authority

Commonwealth Competition Council

Commonwealth Transportation Board

Conservation and Development of Public Beaches, Board on

Conservation and Recreation, Board of

Contractors, Board for

Correctional Education, Board of

Corrections, Board of

Cosmetology, Board for

Criminal Justice Services Board

Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing, Advisory Board for the

Dentistry, Board of

Education, State Board of

Education Loan Authority, Virginia - Board of Directors

Elections, State Board of

Environment, Council on the

Fire Services Board, Virginia

Funeral Directors and Embalmers, Board of

Game and Inland Fisheries, Board of

Geology, Board for

Health, State Board of

Health Professions, Board of

Hearing Aid Specialists, Board for

Higher Education, State Council of

Historic Resources, Board of

Housing and Community Development, Board of

Information Management, Council on

Juvenile Justice, State Board of

Marine Resources Commission

Medical Assistance Services, Board of

Medical Complaint Investigation Committee

Medicine, Board of

Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services Board, State

Milk Commission

Mineral Mining Examiners, Board of

Motor Vehicle Dealer Board

Nursing, Board of

Nursing Home Administrators, Board of

Occupational Therapy, Advisory Board on

Oil and Gas Conservation Board, Virginia

Opticians, Board for

Optometry, Board of

Pesticide Control Board

Pharmacy, Board of

Physical Therapy, Advisory Board on

Port Authority, Board of Commissioners of the Virginia

Professional and Occupational Regulation, Board for

Professional Counselors, Board of

Professional Soil Scientists, Board for

Psychology, Board of

Public Defender Commission

Public School Authority, Virginia

Purchases and Supply Appeals Board

Real Estate Appraiser Board

Real Estate Board

Recreation Specialists, Board of

Rehabilitative Services, Board of

Respiratory Therapy, Advisory Board on

Safety and Health Codes Board

Seed Potato Board

Social Services, Board of

Social Work, Board of

State Health Department Sewage Handling and Disposal Appeal Review Board

Substance Abuse Certification Board

Surface Mining Review, Board of

Treasury Board

Veterans' Affairs, Board on

Veterinary Medicine, Board of

Virginia Board for Asbestos Licensing

Virginia Health Planning Board

Virginia Manufactured Housing Board

Virginia Veterans Care Center Board of Trustees

Virginia Waste Management Board

Visually Handicapped, Virginia Board for the

Waste Management Facility Operators, Board for

Water Control Board, State

Waterworks and Wastewater Works Operators, Board for

Well Review Board, Virginia.

B. Individual members of boards, commissions, committees, councils, and other similar bodies appointed at the state level and receiving compensation for their services on January 1, 1980, but who will not receive compensation under the provisions of this article, shall continue to receive compensation at the January 1, 1980, rate until such member's current term expires.

§ 9-14. Expenses of boards.

The board of directors of the several state hospitals and the boards of directors of the various institutions of learning receiving aid from the Commonwealth shall receive their actual, itemized expenses incurred in the discharge of their duties in attending the meetings of the boards or committees. No mileage, per diem, or other compensation whatever shall be allowed.

§ 14.1-18. Compensation of members of General Assembly and certain commissions engaged in legislative services.

A. Subject to the provisions of subsections B through E hereof, members of all legislative committees, all legislative commissions and councils established by the General Assembly and all committees and subcommittees of any of the foregoing shall receive compensation at such rate as shall be set forth in the general appropriations act for the time actually engaged in the discharge of their duty is provided in § 2.1-20.3. Any other member of the General Assembly whose attendance, in the opinion of the chairman of such a group, is required at a sitting of such group shall also be entitled to compensation at the same rate.

B. Legislative members shall not be entitled to compensation pursuant to this section for any services performed on any day that the General Assembly is in session.

C. Full-time employees of the Commonwealth or of any of its political subdivisions shall not be entitled to compensation pursuant to this section.

D. No person shall receive pursuant to this section a total of more than one day's compensation for services performed on any one day. Whenever a member attends two or more meetings for which compensation is authorized herein in a single day, such one day's compensation shall be prorated from among the activities served.

E. Compensation of members of the General Assembly provided for in this section shall be paid by the offices of the Clerk of the House of Delegates or Clerk of the Senate as appropriate and funds therefor transferred from the appropriate activity.