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Each member appointed pursuant to this section shall be subject to confirmation by the General Assembly and shall have the professional qualifications prescribed by law.\n\t\t\tAs part of the confirmation process for each gubernatorial appointee, the Secretary of the Commonwealth shall provide copies of the resume and statement of economic interests filed pursuant to § 2.2-3117 or 2.2-3118, as appropriate, to the chairs of the House of Delegates and Senate Committees on Privileges and Elections. For the purposes of this section and § 2.2-106, there shall be a joint subcommittee of the House of Delegates and Senate Committees on Privileges and Elections consisting of five members of the House Committee and three members of the Senate Committee appointed by the respective chairs of the committees to review the resumes and statements of economic interests of gubernatorial appointees. The members of the House of Delegates shall be appointed in accordance with the principles of proportional representation contained in the Rules of the House of Delegates. No appointment confirmed by the General Assembly shall be subject to challenge by reason of a failure to comply with the provisions of this paragraph pertaining to the confirmation process.B\n\nThe resumes and applications for appointment submitted by persons who are appointed by the Governor pursuant to this section shall be available to the public upon request.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":216374,"text":"Except as provided in the Constitution of Virginia, or where the manner of selection of members of boards and commissions is by election by the General Assembly, or as provided in Title 3.2 or § 54.1-901, but notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the Governor shall appoint all members of boards, commissions, councils or other collegial bodies created by the General Assembly in the executive branch of state government to terms of office as prescribed by law. Each member appointed pursuant to this section shall be subject to confirmation by the General Assembly and shall have the professional qualifications prescribed by law.\n\t\t\tAs part of the confirmation process for each gubernatorial appointee, the Secretary of the Commonwealth shall provide copies of the resume and statement of economic interests filed pursuant to § 2.2-3117 or 2.2-3118, as appropriate, to the chairs of the House of Delegates and Senate Committees on Privileges and Elections. For the purposes of this section and § 2.2-106, there shall be a joint subcommittee of the House of Delegates and Senate Committees on Privileges and Elections consisting of five members of the House Committee and three members of the Senate Committee appointed by the respective chairs of the committees to review the resumes and statements of economic interests of gubernatorial appointees. The members of the House of Delegates shall be appointed in accordance with the principles of proportional representation contained in the Rules of the House of Delegates. 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This law was first created in 1977. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 447 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 1977 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 4 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 1978, chapter 834; in 2001, chapter 844<\/a>; in 2005, chapters 803<\/a> and 938<\/a>; in 2016, chapter 729<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":76294,"section_number":"2.2-106","catch_line":"Appointment of agency heads; disclosure of resumes; severance","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-106\/"},{"id":72874,"section_number":"2.2-3705.1","catch_line":"Exclusions to application of chapter; exclusions of general application to public bodies","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-3705.1\/"},{"id":79544,"section_number":"2.2-3705.7","catch_line":"Exclusions to application of chapter; records of specific public bodies and certain other limited exclusions","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-3705.7\/"},{"id":58442,"section_number":"3.2-1301","catch_line":"Cattle Industry Board; composition and appointment of members","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-1301\/"},{"id":58378,"section_number":"3.2-1401","catch_line":"Corn Board; composition and appointment of members","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-1401\/"},{"id":73326,"section_number":"3.2-1601","catch_line":"Egg Board; composition and appointment of members","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-1601\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":76294,"section_number":"2.2-106","catch_line":"Appointment of agency heads; disclosure of resumes; severance","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-106\/"},{"id":59503,"section_number":"2.2-3117","catch_line":"Disclosure form","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-3117\/"},{"id":70289,"section_number":"2.2-3118","catch_line":"Disclosure form; certain citizen members","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-3118\/"},{"id":59948,"section_number":"54.1-901","catch_line":"Appointment and removal of members; quorum; clerk","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-901\/"}],"permalink":{"id":171491,"object_type":"law","relational_id":59013,"identifier":"2.2-107","token":"2.2\/I\/A\/1\/1\/2.2-107","url":"\/2.2-107\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/2.2-107\/","token":"2.2\/I\/A\/1\/1\/2.2-107","dublin_core":{"Title":"Appointment of members of commissions, boards, and other collegial bodies; disclosure of resumes","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 2.2-107","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Except as provided in the Constitution of Virginia, or where the manner of selection of members of boards<\/span> and commissions is by election by the General Assembly, or as provided in Title 3.2 or § 54.1-901<\/a>, but notwithstanding any other provision of law<\/span> to the contrary, the Governor shall appoint all members of boards<\/span>, commissions, councils or other collegial bodies created by the General Assembly in the executive branch of state government to terms of office as prescribed by law<\/span>. Each member appointed pursuant to this section shall be subject to confirmation by the General Assembly and shall have the professional qualifications prescribed by law<\/span>.\n\t\t\tAs part of the confirmation process for each gubernatorial appointee, the Secretary of the Commonwealth shall provide copies of the resume and statement of economic interests filed pursuant to § 2.2-3117<\/a> or 2.2-3118<\/a>, as appropriate, to the chairs of the House of Delegates and Senate Committees on Privileges<\/span> and Elections. For the purposes of this section and § 2.2-106<\/a>, there shall be a joint subcommittee of the House of Delegates and Senate Committees on Privileges<\/span> and Elections consisting of five members of the House Committee and three members of the Senate Committee appointed by the respective chairs of the committees to review the resumes and statements of economic interests of gubernatorial appointees. The members of the House of Delegates shall be appointed in accordance with the principles of proportional representation contained in the Rules of the House of Delegates. No appointment confirmed by the General Assembly shall be subject to challenge by reason of a failure to comply with the provisions of this paragraph pertaining to the confirmation process. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The resumes and applications for appointment submitted by persons who are appointed by the Governor pursuant to this section shall be available to the public upon request. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nAPPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS OF COMMISSIONS, BOARDS, AND OTHER COLLEGIAL BODIES;\nDISCLOSURE OF RESUMES (\u00a7 2.2-107)\n\nA. Except as provided in the Constitution of Virginia, or where the manner of\nselection of members of boards and commissions is by election by the General\nAssembly, or as provided in Title 3.2 or § 54.1-901, but notwithstanding\nany other provision of law to the contrary, the Governor shall appoint all\nmembers of boards, commissions, councils or other collegial bodies created by\nthe General Assembly in the executive branch of state government to terms of\noffice as prescribed by law. Each member appointed pursuant to this section\nshall be subject to confirmation by the General Assembly and shall have the\nprofessional qualifications prescribed by law.\n\t\t\tAs part of the confirmation process for each gubernatorial appointee, the\nSecretary of the Commonwealth shall provide copies of the resume and statement\nof economic interests filed pursuant to § 2.2-3117 or 2.2-3118, as\nappropriate, to the chairs of the House of Delegates and Senate Committees on\nPrivileges and Elections. For the purposes of this section and § 2.2-106,\nthere shall be a joint subcommittee of the House of Delegates and Senate\nCommittees on Privileges and Elections consisting of five members of the House\nCommittee and three members of the Senate Committee appointed by the respective\nchairs of the committees to review the resumes and statements of economic\ninterests of gubernatorial appointees. The members of the House of Delegates\nshall be appointed in accordance with the principles of proportional\nrepresentation contained in the Rules of the House of Delegates. No appointment\nconfirmed by the General Assembly shall be subject to challenge by reason of a\nfailure to comply with the provisions of this paragraph pertaining to the\nconfirmation process.\n\nB. The resumes and applications for appointment submitted by persons who are\nappointed by the Governor pursuant to this section shall be available to the\npublic upon request.\n\nHISTORY: 1977, c. 447, \u00a7 2.1-42.1; 1978, c. 834; 2001, c. 844; 2005, cc. 803,\n938; 2016, c. 729.","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}}