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1998 SESSION
985395681Be 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.