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This law was first created in 2001. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 566<\/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. It has been modified 3 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 2012, chapter 502<\/a>; in 2017, chapter 395<\/a>; in 2020, chapter 57<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":60037,"section_number":"2.2-2823","catch_line":"Traveling expenses on state business; public or private transportation","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-2823\/"}],"permalink":{"id":174751,"object_type":"law","relational_id":73026,"identifier":"2.2-2449","token":"2.2\/I\/D\/24\/17\/2.2-2449","url":"\/2.2-2449\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/2.2-2449\/","token":"2.2\/I\/D\/24\/17\/2.2-2449","dublin_core":{"Title":"Membership; terms; vacancies; chairman","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 2.2-2449","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Board shall consist of 26 members to be appointed by the Governor as follows: 21 citizen members who shall represent business, education, the arts, and government, at least 15 of whom shall be of Asian descent; and the Secretaries of Commerce and Trade, the Commonwealth, Education, Health and Human Resources, and Public Safety and Homeland Security, or their designees, to serve as ex officio members of the Board.\n\t\tFollowing the initial staggering of terms, citizen members shall serve for terms of four years. Vacancies occurring other than by expiration of term shall be filled for the unexpired term. No nonlegislative citizen member shall serve more than two consecutive four-year terms. The remainder of any term to which a member is appointed to fill a vacancy shall not constitute a term in determining the member’s eligibility for reappointment. The Secretaries of Commerce and Trade, the Commonwealth, Education, Health and Human Resources, and Public Safety and Homeland Security, or their designees, shall serve terms coincident with their terms of office.\n\t\tThe members of the Board shall elect a chairman and vice-chairman annually.\n\t\tMembers shall receive no compensation for their services, but shall be reimbursed for their actual and necessary expenses in accordance with \u00a7 2.2-2823<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nMEMBERSHIP; TERMS; VACANCIES; CHAIRMAN (\u00a7 2.2-2449)\n\nThe Board shall consist of 26 members to be appointed by the Governor as\nfollows: 21 citizen members who shall represent business, education, the arts,\nand government, at least 15 of whom shall be of Asian descent; and the\nSecretaries of Commerce and Trade, the Commonwealth, Education, Health and Human\nResources, and Public Safety and Homeland Security, or their designees, to serve\nas ex officio members of the Board.\n\t\tFollowing the initial staggering of terms, citizen members shall serve for\nterms of four years. Vacancies occurring other than by expiration of term shall\nbe filled for the unexpired term. No nonlegislative citizen member shall serve\nmore than two consecutive four-year terms. The remainder of any term to which a\nmember is appointed to fill a vacancy shall not constitute a term in determining\nthe member’s eligibility for reappointment. The Secretaries of Commerce\nand Trade, the Commonwealth, Education, Health and Human Resources, and Public\nSafety and Homeland Security, or their designees, shall serve terms coincident\nwith their terms of office.\n\t\tThe members of the Board shall elect a chairman and vice-chairman annually.\n\t\tMembers shall receive no compensation for their services, but shall be\nreimbursed for their actual and necessary expenses in accordance with \u00a7\n2.2-2823.\n\nHISTORY: 2001, c. 566, \u00a7 9-401; 2012, c. 502; 2017, c. 395; 2020, c. 57.","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}}