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Each board member shall serve for a term of four years and may be reappointed for additional terms. The term of any member of the board shall immediately terminate if the member no longer meets the eligibility criteria of the initial appointment. Vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term. The members of the board shall receive no salary, unless specifically authorized by the governing bodies of Dickenson, Russell, and Wise Counties.D\n\nSeven members of the board shall constitute a quorum of the board for the purposes of conducting its business and exercising its powers and for all other purposes. No vacancy in the membership of the board shall impair the right of a quorum to exercise all the powers and perform all the duties of the board.E\n\nThe board shall elect from its membership a chairman, a vice-chairman, and from its membership or not, as they desire, a secretary and a treasurer, or a secretary-treasurer, who shall continue to hold such office until their respective successors are elected.F\n\nThe board shall keep detailed minutes of its proceedings, which shall be open to public inspection at all times. It shall keep suitable records of its financial transactions and, unless exempted by § 30-140, it shall arrange to have the records audited annually. 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This law was first created in 2017. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 834<\/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":false,"refers_to":[{"id":64128,"section_number":"30-140","catch_line":"Certain political subdivisions to file report of audit; period in which report kept as public record; when audit not required; sworn statement of exempted entities; publication of summary of financial condition; repeal of conflicting provisions","order_by":null,"url":"\/30-140\/"}],"permalink":{"id":160565,"object_type":"law","relational_id":86353,"identifier":"15.2-6706","token":"15.2\/IV\/67.1\/15.2-6706","url":"\/15.2-6706\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-6706\/","token":"15.2\/IV\/67.1\/15.2-6706","dublin_core":{"Title":"Board of the Authority; qualifications; terms; quorum; records","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-6706","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> All powers, rights, and duties conferred by this chapter, or other provisions of law<\/span>, upon the Authority shall be exercised by the Board of the Virginia Coal Train Heritage Authority (“the board”). <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The board shall consist of 25 members as follows: three members of the governing body<\/span> of each of the Counties of Dickenson, Russell, and Wise, each appointed by the respective governing body<\/span>; two citizen members appointed by the governing body<\/span> of each of the Counties of Dickenson, Russell, and Wise, each of whom shall be a resident of the appointing county<\/span> and not a member of the county<\/span> governing body<\/span>; one citizen member appointed by the governing body<\/span> of each of the Towns<\/span> of Clinchco, Haysi, and St. Paul, each of whom shall be a resident of the appointing town<\/span>; three commissioners of the Breaks Interstate Park Commission, appointed by that Commission; two at-large members who shall be Virginia residents and have experience in any aspect of the excursion train business, appointed by a majority vote of the board; and two members of the General Assembly representing any part of the County<\/span> of Dickenson, Russell, or Wise, who shall serve ex officio with voting privileges<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> Initial appointments to the board shall begin July 1, 2017. Each board member shall serve for a term of four years and may be reappointed for additional terms. The term of any member of the board shall immediately terminate if the member no longer meets the eligibility criteria of the initial appointment. Vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term. The members of the board shall receive no salary, unless specifically authorized by the governing bodies of Dickenson, Russell, and Wise Counties. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

D.<\/span> Seven members of the board shall constitute a quorum of the board for the purposes of conducting its business and exercising its powers and for all other purposes. No vacancy in the membership of the board shall impair the right of a quorum to exercise all the powers and perform all the duties of the board. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

E.<\/span> The board shall elect from its membership a chairman, a vice-chairman, and from its membership or not, as they desire, a secretary and a treasurer, or a secretary-treasurer, who shall continue to hold such office until their respective successors are elected. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

F.<\/span> The board shall keep detailed minutes of its proceedings, which shall be open to public inspection at all times. It shall keep suitable records of its financial transactions and, unless exempted by § 30-140<\/a>, it shall arrange to have the records audited annually. Copies of each such audit shall be furnished to the governing bodies of Dickenson, Russell, and Wise Counties and the Auditor of Public Accounts and shall be open to public inspection. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

G.<\/span> A local governing body<\/span> may remove from the board any member it has appointed in the event that the board member is absent from any three consecutive board meetings or is absent from any four board meetings within any 12-month period. In either such event, the local governing body<\/span> shall appoint a successor for the unexpired portion of the term of the member who has been removed. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

H.<\/span> The accounts of the Authority shall be audited annually by the Auditor of Public Accounts, or an independent certified public accountant, and the cost of such audit shall be borne by the Authority. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nBOARD OF THE AUTHORITY; QUALIFICATIONS; TERMS; QUORUM; RECORDS (\u00a7 15.2-6706)\n\nA. All powers, rights, and duties conferred by this chapter, or other provisions\nof law, upon the Authority shall be exercised by the Board of the Virginia Coal\nTrain Heritage Authority (“the board”).\n\nB. The board shall consist of 25 members as follows: three members of the\ngoverning body of each of the Counties of Dickenson, Russell, and Wise, each\nappointed by the respective governing body; two citizen members appointed by the\ngoverning body of each of the Counties of Dickenson, Russell, and Wise, each of\nwhom shall be a resident of the appointing county and not a member of the county\ngoverning body; one citizen member appointed by the governing body of each of\nthe Towns of Clinchco, Haysi, and St. Paul, each of whom shall be a resident of\nthe appointing town; three commissioners of the Breaks Interstate Park\nCommission, appointed by that Commission; two at-large members who shall be\nVirginia residents and have experience in any aspect of the excursion train\nbusiness, appointed by a majority vote of the board; and two members of the\nGeneral Assembly representing any part of the County of Dickenson, Russell, or\nWise, who shall serve ex officio with voting privileges.\n\nC. Initial appointments to the board shall begin July 1, 2017. Each board member\nshall serve for a term of four years and may be reappointed for additional\nterms. The term of any member of the board shall immediately terminate if the\nmember no longer meets the eligibility criteria of the initial appointment.\nVacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term. The members of the board shall\nreceive no salary, unless specifically authorized by the governing bodies of\nDickenson, Russell, and Wise Counties.\n\nD. Seven members of the board shall constitute a quorum of the board for the\npurposes of conducting its business and exercising its powers and for all other\npurposes. No vacancy in the membership of the board shall impair the right of a\nquorum to exercise all the powers and perform all the duties of the board.\n\nE. The board shall elect from its membership a chairman, a vice-chairman, and\nfrom its membership or not, as they desire, a secretary and a treasurer, or a\nsecretary-treasurer, who shall continue to hold such office until their\nrespective successors are elected.\n\nF. The board shall keep detailed minutes of its proceedings, which shall be open\nto public inspection at all times. It shall keep suitable records of its\nfinancial transactions and, unless exempted by § 30-140, it shall arrange\nto have the records audited annually. Copies of each such audit shall be\nfurnished to the governing bodies of Dickenson, Russell, and Wise Counties and\nthe Auditor of Public Accounts and shall be open to public inspection.\n\nG. A local governing body may remove from the board any member it has appointed\nin the event that the board member is absent from any three consecutive board\nmeetings or is absent from any four board meetings within any 12-month period.\nIn either such event, the local governing body shall appoint a successor for the\nunexpired portion of the term of the member who has been removed.\n\nH. The accounts of the Authority shall be audited annually by the Auditor of\nPublic Accounts, or an independent certified public accountant, and the cost of\nsuch audit shall be borne by the Authority.\n\nHISTORY: 2017, c. 834.","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}}