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The Chairman of the Commonwealth Transportation Board, or his designee, shall be an ex officio member of the commission.\n\t\tThe members of the commission shall elect one of their number chairman. The chairman may or may not be the chairman or presiding officer of a board of supervisors. In addition, commission members, with the advice of the district advisory board, shall elect a secretary and treasurer, who may or may not be a member or employee of a board of supervisors or other governmental body represented on the commission. The offices of secretary and treasurer may be combined. A majority of commission members shall constitute a quorum, and the vote of a majority of the commission membership shall be necessary for any action taken by the commission. No vacancy in the membership of the commission shall impair the right of a majority of the members to form a quorum or to exercise all of its rights, powers, and duties. 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This law was first created in 1997. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 587<\/a> 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.<\/p>","references":[{"id":80742,"section_number":"15.2-4608","catch_line":"Agreements with Commonwealth Transportation Board; payment of special improvements tax to Transportation Trust Fund","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-4608\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":158119,"object_type":"law","relational_id":62495,"identifier":"15.2-4604","token":"15.2\/IV\/46\/1\/15.2-4604","url":"\/15.2-4604\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-4604\/","token":"15.2\/IV\/46\/1\/15.2-4604","dublin_core":{"Title":"Commission established","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-4604","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The powers of the local district<\/span> created in accordance with this chapter shall be exercised by a commission<\/span> composed of four of the elected members of each of the boards of supervisors of the counties in which it is located, appointed by their respective boards of supervisors. The Chairman of the Commonwealth Transportation Board, or his designee, shall be an ex officio member of the commission<\/span>.\n\t\tThe members of the commission<\/span> shall elect one of their number chairman. The chairman may or may not be the chairman or presiding officer of a board of supervisors<\/span>. In addition, commission<\/span> members, with the advice of the district advisory board<\/span>, shall elect a secretary and treasurer, who may or may not be a member or employee of a board of supervisors<\/span> or other governmental body represented on the commission<\/span>. The offices of secretary and treasurer may be combined. A majority of commission<\/span> members shall constitute a quorum, and the vote of a majority of the commission<\/span> membership shall be necessary for any action taken by the commission<\/span>. No vacancy in the membership of the commission<\/span> shall impair the right of a majority of the members to form a quorum or to exercise all of its rights, powers, and duties. The 1990 amendments to the provisions of this paragraph shall not be effective for the Route 28 Primary Highway Transportation Improvement District until such time as the special tax revenues<\/span> from the District exceed the total debt service on the bonds<\/span> issued pursuant to Chapter 676 of the 1988 Acts of Assembly for three consecutive years.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCOMMISSION ESTABLISHED (\u00a7 15.2-4604)\n\nThe powers of the local district created in accordance with this chapter shall\nbe exercised by a commission composed of four of the elected members of each of\nthe boards of supervisors of the counties in which it is located, appointed by\ntheir respective boards of supervisors. The Chairman of the Commonwealth\nTransportation Board, or his designee, shall be an ex officio member of the\ncommission.\n\t\tThe members of the commission shall elect one of their number chairman. The\nchairman may or may not be the chairman or presiding officer of a board of\nsupervisors. In addition, commission members, with the advice of the district\nadvisory board, shall elect a secretary and treasurer, who may or may not be a\nmember or employee of a board of supervisors or other governmental body\nrepresented on the commission. The offices of secretary and treasurer may be\ncombined. A majority of commission members shall constitute a quorum, and the\nvote of a majority of the commission membership shall be necessary for any\naction taken by the commission. No vacancy in the membership of the commission\nshall impair the right of a majority of the members to form a quorum or to\nexercise all of its rights, powers, and duties. The 1990 amendments to the\nprovisions of this paragraph shall not be effective for the Route 28 Primary\nHighway Transportation Improvement District until such time as the special tax\nrevenues from the District exceed the total debt service on the bonds issued\npursuant to Chapter 676 of the 1988 Acts of Assembly for three consecutive\nyears.\n\nHISTORY: 1997, c. 587.","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}}