CODE OF VIRGINIA

MEMBERSHIP; TERMS (§ 30-192.1)

The Commission shall be composed of 18 members that consist of 10 legislative
members and eight nonlegislative citizen members. Members shall be appointed as
follows: four members of the Senate, to be appointed by the Senate Committee on
Rules; six members of the House of Delegates, to be appointed by the Speaker of
the House, in accordance with the principles of proportional representation
contained in the Rules of the House of Delegates; the Executive Director of
Living the Dream; the President of the Foundation for the Humanities and Public
Policy; three nonlegislative citizen members, of whom one shall be a
representative of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference of Virginia and
two shall be nonlegislative citizens at-large, to be appointed by the Senate
Committee on Rules; and three nonlegislative citizen at-large members, to be
appointed by the Speaker of the House of Delegates. Nonlegislative citizen
members shall be citizens of the Commonwealth. Unless otherwise approved in
writing by the chairman of the Commission and the respective Clerk,
nonlegislative citizen members shall only be reimbursed for travel originating
and ending within the Commonwealth of Virginia for the purpose of attending
meetings. The Senate Committee on Rules and the Speaker of the House shall
ensure, to the extent possible, that their respective appointments to the
Commission reflect the demographic population of the Commonwealth.Legislative
members and nonlegislative citizen members serving by virtue of their office on
the Commission shall serve terms coincident with their terms of office.
Nonlegislative citizen members shall be appointed for a term of two years.
Appointments to fill vacancies, other than by expiration of a term, shall be for
the unexpired terms. Legislative and nonlegislative citizen members may be
reappointed for successive terms. Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner
as the original appointments.The Commission shall elect a chairman and a
vice-chairman from among its membership who shall be members of the General
Assembly.

HISTORY: 2003, cc. 1035, 1037; 2004, c. 1000.