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Members shall, by their education, training, or experience, be knowledgeable of air quality control and regulation, and shall be fairly representative of conservation, public health, business, and agriculture. No person appointed to the Board shall be employed by persons subject to permits or enforcement orders of the Board or receive a significant portion of his income, whether directly or indirectly, from persons subject to permits or enforcement orders of the Board. Income from a vested retirement benefit shall not be considered income for purposes of this section. Notwithstanding 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. The provisions of this section shall be in addition to the requirements of the State and Local Government Conflict of Interests Act (\u00a7 2.2-3100 et seq.).","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":301841,"text":"The members of the Board shall be citizens of the Commonwealth and shall be selected from the Commonwealth at large on the basis of merit without regard to political affiliation. Members shall, by their education, training, or experience, be knowledgeable of air quality control and regulation, and shall be fairly representative of conservation, public health, business, and agriculture. No person appointed to the Board shall be employed by persons subject to permits or enforcement orders of the Board or receive a significant portion of his income, whether directly or indirectly, from persons subject to permits or enforcement orders of the Board. Income from a vested retirement benefit shall not be considered income for purposes of this section. Notwithstanding 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. 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 497 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1966 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 5 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 1979, chapter 117; in 1988, chapter 891; in 1992, chapter 675; 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>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":71618,"section_number":"2.2-3100","catch_line":"Policy; application; construction","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-3100\/"}],"permalink":{"id":145667,"object_type":"law","relational_id":84212,"identifier":"10.1-1302","token":"10.1\/II\/13\/1\/10.1-1302","url":"\/10.1-1302\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/10.1-1302\/","token":"10.1\/II\/13\/1\/10.1-1302","dublin_core":{"Title":"Qualifications of members of Board","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 10.1-1302","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The members of the <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span> shall be citizens of the Commonwealth and shall be selected from the Commonwealth at large on the basis of merit without regard to political affiliation. Members shall, by their education, training, or experience, be knowledgeable of air quality control and regulation, and shall be fairly representative of conservation, public health, business, and agriculture. No <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span> appointed to the <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span> shall be employed by <span class=\"dictionary\">persons<\/span> subject to permits or enforcement <span class=\"dictionary\">orders<\/span> of the <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span> or receive a significant portion of his income, whether directly or indirectly, from <span class=\"dictionary\">persons<\/span> subject to permits or enforcement <span class=\"dictionary\">orders<\/span> of the <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span>. Income from a vested retirement benefit shall not be considered income for purposes of this section. 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 regulations of the United States Environmental Protection Agency. The provisions of this section shall be in addition to the requirements of the State and Local Government <span class=\"dictionary\">Conflict of Interests<\/span> Act (\u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Policy; application; construction\" href=\"\/2.2-3100\/\">2.2-3100<\/a> et seq.).<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nQUALIFICATIONS OF MEMBERS OF BOARD (\u00a7 10.1-1302)\n\nThe members of the Board shall be citizens of the Commonwealth and shall be\nselected from the Commonwealth at large on the basis of merit without regard to\npolitical affiliation. Members shall, by their education, training, or\nexperience, be knowledgeable of air quality control and regulation, and shall be\nfairly representative of conservation, public health, business, and agriculture.\nNo person appointed to the Board shall be employed by persons subject to permits\nor enforcement orders of the Board or receive a significant portion of his\nincome, whether directly or indirectly, from persons subject to permits or\nenforcement orders of the Board. Income from a vested retirement benefit shall\nnot be considered income for purposes of this section. Notwithstanding any other\nprovision of this section relating to Board membership, the qualifications for\nBoard membership shall not be more strict than those that are required by\nfederal statute or regulations of the United States Environmental Protection\nAgency. The provisions of this section shall be in addition to the requirements\nof the State and Local Government Conflict of Interests Act (\u00a7 2.2-3100 et\nseq.).\n\nHISTORY: 1966, c. 497, \u00a7 10-17.12; 1979, c. 117; 1987, Sp. Sess., c. 1; 1988,\nc. 891; 1992, c. 675; 1994, c. 461; 2008, cc. 276, 557.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}