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1999 SESSION
992743655Patrons-- Edwards, Hawkins, Lambert, Newman and Trumbo; Delegates: Cranwell, Thomas and Woodrum
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 23-231.15 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 23-231.15. Board of Trustees; appointments; terms; compensation; officers.
A. The Authority shall be governed by a Board of Trustees consisting of
twenty-one [ two four ] members as follows: the Director of the State
Council of Higher Education for Virginia or his designee; the Chancellor of the Virginia Community College System or
his designee; and the presidents or their designees of Averett College,
Bluefield College, the College of Health Sciences, Ferrum College, Hampton
University, Hollins [ College University ] , Mary Baldwin College, Old Dominion
University, Radford University, Roanoke College, University of Virginia,
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, and Virginia Western
Community College [ , the Executive Director of the Fifth District Employment
and Training Consortium and the Director of TAP This Valley Works ] ; five
citizen members representing business and industry in the Roanoke Valley, to be
appointed by the Governor; and two members of the General Assembly, one to be appointed
from the Senate by the Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections and one to
be appointed from the House of Delegates by the Speaker of the House. Citizen
members of the Board shall be residents of the Roanoke region.
B. The legislative members, the Director of the State Council of Higher
Education for Virginia, and the Chancellor of the Virginia Community College
System and the presidents or their designees of the named institutions of higher education
shall serve on the Board until the expiration of their terms of office or until their
successors shall qualify. Of the five citizen members to be appointed in 1997,
two shall be appointed for three-year terms, and three shall be appointed for
four-year terms. Thereafter, all such citizen members shall be appointed for
terms of four years, except that appointments to fill vacancies shall be for
the unexpired terms. No citizen member of the Board shall be eligible to serve
for or during more than two successive four-year terms; however, after the
expiration of a term of three years or less, or after the expiration of the
remainder of a term to which appointed to fill a vacancy, two additional
four-year terms may be served by such member, if appointed thereto.
C. Legislative members of the Board shall be compensated as specified in § 14.1-18, and all members of the Board shall be reimbursed for their actual expenses incurred in the performance of their duties in the work of the Authority.
D. The Board shall elect a chairman and a vice chairman from among its members and may establish bylaws as necessary.