CODE OF VIRGINIA

THE VIRGINIA RACING COMMISSION CREATED; MEMBERS (§ 59.1-366)

A. The Virginia Racing Commission is hereby created. It shall consist of five
members appointed by the Governor and confirmed by a majority of those elected
to each house of the General Assembly at the next regular session following any
such appointment. Each Commissioner shall have been a resident of the
Commonwealth for a period of at least three years next preceding his appointment
and his continued residency shall be a condition of his tenure in office. The
initial appointments shall be as follows: one for a term of one year, one for a
term of two years, one for a term of three years, one for a term of four years,
and one for a term of five years. Thereafter, all appointments shall be for
terms of five years. Vacancies in the Commission shall be filled for the
unexpired term in the manner provided for original appointments. Each
Commissioner shall be eligible for reappointment for a second consecutive term
at the discretion of the Governor. Persons who are first appointed to initial
terms of less than five years shall thereafter be eligible for reappointment to
two consecutive terms of five years each. The Commission shall elect its
chairman. No member of the General Assembly while serving as a member shall be
eligible for appointment to the Commission.

B. Each member of the Commission shall receive fifty dollars for each day or
part thereof spent in the performance of his duties and in addition shall be
reimbursed for his reasonable expenses incurred therein.

C. The members of the Commission shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor.

D. The Commission shall establish and maintain a general business office within
the Commonwealth for the transaction of its business at a place to be determined
by the Commission. The Commission shall meet at such times and places within the
Commonwealth as it shall determine. A majority of the Commissioners shall
constitute a quorum for the convening of a meeting, but the performance of any
duty or the exercise of any power of the Commission shall require a majority of
the entire Commission.

HISTORY: 1988, c. 855.