A. New College shall be governed by a Board of Directors consisting of 12 members. Members of the Board shall be appointed as follows: seven nonlegislative members to be appointed by the Governor, subject to the approval of the General Assembly; three members to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Delegates in accordance with the rules of proportional representation in the Rules of the House; and two members to be appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules. Of the 12 members, no more than two may be nonresidents of the Commonwealth.Legislative members shall serve terms coincident with their terms of office. Beginning with the 2006-2007 fiscal year or for the first fiscal year of the Commonwealth in which funds are appropriated for the purposes of this chapter, whichever is later, of the Governor’s initial appointments to the Board, two shall be appointed for terms of four years, two for terms of three years, two for terms of two years, and one for a term of one year. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, each of the Governor’s initial appointees may be appointed to one additional successive four-year term. After the initial staggering of terms, all nonlegislative citizen appointments shall be for terms of four years, except that appointments to fill vacancies shall be for the unexpired terms. Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointments.No nonlegislative citizen member of the Board shall be eligible to serve more than two successive four-year terms, but 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.

B. The Board shall elect a chairman and vice-chairman from among its members and may establish bylaws as necessary.

C. Nonlegislative citizen members shall not be entitled to compensation for their services. Legislative members of the Board shall be compensated as provided in § 30-19.12, and all members of the Board shall be reimbursed for all reasonable and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties in the work of New College as provided in §§ 2.2-2813 and 2.2-2825. The funding for the costs of compensation and expenses of the members shall be provided by New College.

History

2006, cc. 808, 842.