CODE OF VIRGINIA

JOINT REAPPORTIONMENT COMMITTEE; MEMBERSHIP; TERMS; QUORUM; COMPENSATION AND
EXPENSES (§ 30-263)

A. The Joint Reapportionment Committee is established in the legislative branch
of state government. The Committee shall consist of five members of the
Committee on Privileges and Elections of the House of Delegates and three
members of the Committee on Privileges and Elections of the Senate appointed by
the respective chairmen of the two committees. Members shall serve terms
coincident with their terms of office.

B. The Joint Committee shall elect a chairman and vice-chairman from among its
membership. A majority of the members of the Committee shall constitute a
quorum. The meetings of the Committee shall be held at the call of the chairman
or whenever the majority of the members so request.

C. The Joint Committee shall supervise activities required for the tabulation of
population for the census and for the timely reception of precinct population
data for reapportionment, and perform such other duties and responsibilities and
exercise such supervision as may promote the orderly redistricting of
congressional, state legislative, and local election districts.

D. Members shall receive such compensation as provided in § 30-19.12 and 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 Office of the Clerk of the House of Delegates and the Office of Clerk of the
Senate for their respective members.

HISTORY: 1986, c. 593, § 24.1-40.10; 1992, c. 425; 1993, c. 641, § 24.2-300;
2004, c. 1000.