CODE OF VIRGINIA

(EXPIRES JULY 1, 2017) MEMBERSHIP; TERMS; QUORUM; MEETINGS; COMPENSATION AND
EXPENSES (§ 2.2-2685)

A. The Council shall be composed of 19 members that include eight legislative
members and 11 nonlegislative members as follows:

   1.  The Governor;

   2.  The Lieutenant Governor;

   3.  The Speaker of the House;

   4.  The majority and minority leaders of the House of Delegates;

   5.  The Chairman of the House Committee on Appropriations;

   6.  The President Pro Tempore of the Senate;

   7.  The majority and minority leaders of the Senate;

   8.  The Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee;

   9.  One nonlegislative citizen member appointed by the Speaker of the House;

   10.  One nonlegislative citizen member appointed by the Senate Committee on
   Rules;

   11.  Two Cabinet Secretaries appointed by the Governor; and

   12.  Five nonlegislative citizen members appointed by the Governor.

B. Legislative members and the two Cabinet Secretaries appointed by the Governor
shall serve terms coincident with their terms of office. In the event that a
legislative member holds more than one of the positions listed in subsection A,
such legislative member shall designate another legislative member or members,
as applicable, to serve as the representative for the other position or
positions. After the initial staggering of terms, nonlegislative citizen members
appointed by the Speaker of the House of Delegates or the Senate Committee on
Rules shall be appointed for a term of two years, and nonlegislative citizen
members appointed by the Governor shall be appointed for a term of four years.
Appointments to fill vacancies, other than by expiration of a term, shall be for
the unexpired terms. All members may be reappointed. No nonlegislative citizen
member appointed by the legislative appointing authorities shall serve more than
four consecutive two-year terms and no nonlegislative citizen member appointed
by the Governor shall serve more than two consecutive four-year terms. The
remainder of any term to which a member is appointed to fill a vacancy shall not
constitute a term in determining the member’s eligibility for
reappointment. Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as the original
appointments.The Governor shall serve as the chairman of the Council. The
Council shall elect a vice-chairman from its membership. A majority of members
of the Council shall constitute a quorum. The Council shall meet at least four
times each year. The meetings of the Council shall be held at the call of the
chairman or whenever four or more members so request.

C. Legislative members of the Council shall receive such compensation as
provided in § 30-19.12 and nonlegislative citizen members shall receive
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 Planning and Budget.

HISTORY: 2003, c. 900; 2004, c. 1000; 2010, c. 101.