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This law was first created in 2019. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 594<\/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":false,"permalink":{"id":174945,"object_type":"law","relational_id":61235,"identifier":"2.2-2492","token":"2.2\/I\/D\/24\/27\/2.2-2492","url":"\/2.2-2492\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/2.2-2492\/","token":"2.2\/I\/D\/24\/27\/2.2-2492","dublin_core":{"Title":"Membership; terms; quorum; meetings","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 2.2-2492","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The Board shall have a total membership of 26 members that shall consist of 21 nonlegislative citizen members and five ex officio members. Nonlegislative citizen members shall be appointed as follows: 21 members, at least 15 of whom shall be African American, to be appointed by the Governor, subject to confirmation by the General Assembly. The Secretaries of the Commonwealth, Commerce and Trade, Education, Health and Human Resources, and Public Safety and Homeland Security or their designees shall serve ex officio with nonvoting privileges<\/span>. Nonlegislative citizen members of the Board shall be citizens of the Commonwealth. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Ex officio members of the Board shall serve terms coincident with their terms of office. Appointments to fill vacancies, other than by expiration of a term, shall be for the unexpired terms. Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointments. All members may be reappointed.\n\t\t\tAfter the initial staggering of terms, nonlegislative citizen members shall be appointed for a term of four years. 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. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> The Board shall elect a chairman and vice-chairman from among its membership. A majority of the members shall constitute a quorum. The meetings of the Board shall be held at the call of the chairman or whenever the majority of the members so request. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nMEMBERSHIP; TERMS; QUORUM; MEETINGS (\u00a7 2.2-2492)\n\nA. The Board shall have a total membership of 26 members that shall consist of\n21 nonlegislative citizen members and five ex officio members. Nonlegislative\ncitizen members shall be appointed as follows: 21 members, at least 15 of whom\nshall be African American, to be appointed by the Governor, subject to\nconfirmation by the General Assembly. The Secretaries of the Commonwealth,\nCommerce and Trade, Education, Health and Human Resources, and Public Safety and\nHomeland Security or their designees shall serve ex officio with nonvoting\nprivileges. Nonlegislative citizen members of the Board shall be citizens of the\nCommonwealth.\n\nB. Ex officio members of the Board shall serve terms coincident with their terms\nof office. Appointments to fill vacancies, other than by expiration of a term,\nshall be for the unexpired terms. Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner\nas the original appointments. All members may be reappointed.\n\t\t\tAfter the initial staggering of terms, nonlegislative citizen members shall\nbe appointed for a term of four years. No nonlegislative citizen member shall\nserve more than two consecutive four-year terms. The remainder of any term to\nwhich a member is appointed to fill a vacancy shall not constitute a term in\ndetermining the member’s eligibility for reappointment.\n\nC. The Board shall elect a chairman and vice-chairman from among its membership.\nA majority of the members shall constitute a quorum. The meetings of the Board\nshall be held at the call of the chairman or whenever the majority of the\nmembers so request.\n\nHISTORY: 2019, c. 594.","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}}