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Members shall, by their education, training, or experience, be knowledgeable of water quality control and regulation and shall be fairly representative of conservation, public health, business, land development, and agriculture. In making appointments, the Governor shall endeavor to ensure balanced geographical representation. No person shall become a member of the Board who receives, or during the previous two years has received, a significant portion of his income directly or indirectly from certificate or permit holders or applicants for a certificate or permit.\n\t\t\tFor the purposes of this section, &#8220;significant portion of income&#8221; means 10 percent or more of gross personal income for a calendar year, except that it means 50 percent or more of gross personal income for a calendar year if the recipient is over 60 years of age and is receiving that portion under retirement, pension, or similar arrangement. Income includes retirement benefits, consultant fees, and stock dividends. Income is not received directly or indirectly from certificate or permit holders or applicants for certificates or permits when it is derived from mutual fund payments, or from other diversified investments for which the recipient does not know the identity of the primary sources of income.\n\nB\n\nNotwithstanding any other provision of this section relating to Board membership, the qualifications for Board membership shall not be more strict than those that are required by federal statute or regulations of the United States Environmental Protection Agency.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1400645,"text":"Members of the Board shall be citizens of the Commonwealth; shall be selected from the Commonwealth at large for merit without regard to political affiliation; and shall, by character and reputation, reasonably be expected to inspire the highest degree of cooperation and confidence in the work of the Board. Members shall, by their education, training, or experience, be knowledgeable of water quality control and regulation and shall be fairly representative of conservation, public health, business, land development, and agriculture. In making appointments, the Governor shall endeavor to ensure balanced geographical representation. No person shall become a member of the Board who receives, or during the previous two years has received, a significant portion of his income directly or indirectly from certificate or permit holders or applicants for a certificate or permit.\n\t\t\tFor the purposes of this section, &#8220;significant portion of income&#8221; means 10 percent or more of gross personal income for a calendar year, except that it means 50 percent or more of gross personal income for a calendar year if the recipient is over 60 years of age and is receiving that portion under retirement, pension, or similar arrangement. Income includes retirement benefits, consultant fees, and stock dividends. 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It has been modified 6 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1968, chapter 659; in 1970, chapter 638; in 1994, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?941+ful+CHAP0461\">461<\/a>; in 2008, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?081+ful+CHAP0276\">276<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?081+ful+CHAP0557\">557<\/a>; in 2013, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?131+ful+CHAP0756\">756<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?131+ful+CHAP0793\">793<\/a>; in 2014, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?141+ful+CHAP0150\">150<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1496443,"object_type":"law","relational_id":375187,"identifier":"62.1-44.9","token":"62.1\/3.1\/2\/62.1-44.9","url":"\/62.1-44.9\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/62.1-44.9\/","token":"62.1\/3.1\/2\/62.1-44.9","dublin_core":{"Title":"Qualifications of members","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 62.1-44.9","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">Members<\/span> of the <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span> shall be citizens of the Commonwealth; shall be selected from the Commonwealth at large for merit without regard to political affiliation; and shall, by character and reputation, reasonably be expected to inspire the highest degree of cooperation and confidence in the work of the <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span>. <span class=\"dictionary\">Members<\/span> shall, by their education, training, or experience, be knowledgeable of water quality control and <span class=\"dictionary\">regulation<\/span> and shall be fairly representative of conservation, public health, business, land development, and agriculture. In making appointments, the Governor shall endeavor to ensure balanced geographical representation. No <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span> shall become a <span class=\"dictionary\">member<\/span> of the <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span> who receives, or during the previous two years has received, a significant portion of his income directly or indirectly from <span class=\"dictionary\">certificate<\/span> or permit holders or applicants for a <span class=\"dictionary\">certificate<\/span> or permit.\n\t\t\tFor the purposes of this section, &#8220;<span class=\"dictionary\">significant portion of income<\/span>&#8221; means 10 percent or more of gross personal income for a calendar year, except that it means 50 percent or more of gross personal income for a calendar year if the recipient is over 60 years of age and is receiving that portion under retirement, pension, or similar arrangement. Income includes retirement benefits, consultant fees, and stock dividends. Income is not received directly or indirectly from <span class=\"dictionary\">certificate<\/span> or permit holders or applicants for <span class=\"dictionary\">certificates<\/span> or permits when it is derived from mutual fund payments, or from other diversified investments for which the recipient does not know the identity of the primary sources of income. <a id=\"paragraph-1400645\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/62.1-44.9\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> Notwithstanding any other provision of this section relating to <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span> membership, the qualifications for <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span> membership shall not be more strict than those that are required by federal <span class=\"dictionary\">statute<\/span> or <span class=\"dictionary\">regulations<\/span> of the United States Environmental Protection Agency. <a id=\"paragraph-1400646\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/62.1-44.9\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nQUALIFICATIONS OF MEMBERS (\u00a7 62.1-44.9)\n\nA. Members of the Board shall be citizens of the Commonwealth; shall be selected\nfrom the Commonwealth at large for merit without regard to political\naffiliation; and shall, by character and reputation, reasonably be expected to\ninspire the highest degree of cooperation and confidence in the work of the\nBoard. Members shall, by their education, training, or experience, be\nknowledgeable of water quality control and regulation and shall be fairly\nrepresentative of conservation, public health, business, land development, and\nagriculture. In making appointments, the Governor shall endeavor to ensure\nbalanced geographical representation. No person shall become a member of the\nBoard who receives, or during the previous two years has received, a significant\nportion of his income directly or indirectly from certificate or permit holders\nor applicants for a certificate or permit.\n\t\t\tFor the purposes of this section, &#8220;significant portion of income&#8221;\nmeans 10 percent or more of gross personal income for a calendar year, except\nthat it means 50 percent or more of gross personal income for a calendar year if\nthe recipient is over 60 years of age and is receiving that portion under\nretirement, pension, or similar arrangement. Income includes retirement\nbenefits, consultant fees, and stock dividends. Income is not received directly\nor indirectly from certificate or permit holders or applicants for certificates\nor permits when it is derived from mutual fund payments, or from other\ndiversified investments for which the recipient does not know the identity of\nthe primary sources of income.\n\nB. Notwithstanding any other provision of this section relating to Board\nmembership, the qualifications for Board membership shall not be more strict\nthan those that are required by federal statute or regulations of the United\nStates Environmental Protection Agency.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 62.1-21; 1968, c. 659; 1970, c. 638; 1994, c. 461; 2008,\ncc. 276, 557; 2013, cc. 756, 793; 2014, c. 150.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}