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The purpose of the Board is to foster the development of the Virginia spirits industry by expanding spirits research, increasing education, and promoting the production of ingredients necessary for alcohol distillation and the production of spirits in the Commonwealth.B\n\nThe Board shall consist of 11 members as follows: the Commissioner and the Chief Executive Officer of the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority, both of whom shall serve ex officio without voting privileges, or their designees, and nine voting nonlegislative citizen members to be appointed by the Governor, three of whom shall be coopers or maltsters and six of whom shall be owners or operators of a distillery in the Commonwealth. Nonlegislative citizen members shall be citizens of the Commonwealth. The Governor shall make his appointments upon consideration of the recommendations made by any cooper or maltster or any owner or operator of a distillery. Each entity or person shall submit two or more recommendations for each available position at least 90 days before the expiration of the member’s term for which the recommendation is being provided. If such entities or persons fail to provide the nominations at least 90 days before the expiration date pursuant to this section, the Governor may appoint other nominees that meet the foregoing criteria.C\n\nA majority of the members of the Board shall constitute a quorum, but a two-thirds vote of the members present shall be required for passage of items taken up by the Board. The Board shall meet at least four times each year. The meetings of the Board shall be held at the call of the chairman or whenever the majority of the members so request.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":227955,"text":"The Virginia Spirits Board is established within the Department. 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This law was first created in 2020. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 85<\/a> and 410<\/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":195325,"object_type":"law","relational_id":62505,"identifier":"3.2-3008","token":"3.2\/II\/C\/30.1\/3.2-3008","url":"\/3.2-3008\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-3008\/","token":"3.2\/II\/C\/30.1\/3.2-3008","dublin_core":{"Title":"Virginia Spirits Board; purpose; composition and appointment of members; quorum; meeting","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-3008","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The Virginia Spirits<\/span> Board<\/span> is established within the Department<\/span>. The purpose of the Board<\/span> is to foster the development of the Virginia spirits<\/span> industry by expanding spirits<\/span> research, increasing education, and promoting the production of ingredients necessary for alcohol distillation and the production of spirits<\/span> in the Commonwealth. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The Board<\/span> shall consist of 11 members as follows: the Commissioner<\/span> and the Chief Executive Officer of the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority, both of whom shall serve ex officio without voting privileges<\/span>, or their designees, and nine voting nonlegislative citizen members to be appointed by the Governor, three of whom shall be coopers<\/span> or maltsters<\/span> and six of whom shall be owners or operators of a distillery in the Commonwealth. Nonlegislative citizen members shall be citizens of the Commonwealth. The Governor shall make his appointments upon consideration of the recommendations made by any cooper<\/span> or maltster<\/span> or any owner or operator of a distillery. Each entity or person shall submit two or more recommendations for each available position at least 90 days before the expiration of the member’s term for which the recommendation is being provided. If such entities or persons fail to provide the nominations at least 90 days before the expiration date pursuant to this section, the Governor may appoint other nominees that meet the foregoing criteria. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> A majority of the members of the Board<\/span> shall constitute a quorum, but a two-thirds vote of the members present shall be required for passage of items taken up by the Board<\/span>. The Board<\/span> shall meet at least four times each year. The meetings of the Board<\/span> 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\nVIRGINIA SPIRITS BOARD; PURPOSE; COMPOSITION AND APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS; QUORUM;\nMEETING (\u00a7 3.2-3008)\n\nA. The Virginia Spirits Board is established within the Department. The purpose\nof the Board is to foster the development of the Virginia spirits industry by\nexpanding spirits research, increasing education, and promoting the production\nof ingredients necessary for alcohol distillation and the production of spirits\nin the Commonwealth.\n\nB. The Board shall consist of 11 members as follows: the Commissioner and the\nChief Executive Officer of the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority,\nboth of whom shall serve ex officio without voting privileges, or their\ndesignees, and nine voting nonlegislative citizen members to be appointed by the\nGovernor, three of whom shall be coopers or maltsters and six of whom shall be\nowners or operators of a distillery in the Commonwealth. Nonlegislative citizen\nmembers shall be citizens of the Commonwealth. The Governor shall make his\nappointments upon consideration of the recommendations made by any cooper or\nmaltster or any owner or operator of a distillery. Each entity or person shall\nsubmit two or more recommendations for each available position at least 90 days\nbefore the expiration of the member’s term for which the recommendation is\nbeing provided. If such entities or persons fail to provide the nominations at\nleast 90 days before the expiration date pursuant to this section, the Governor\nmay appoint other nominees that meet the foregoing criteria.\n\nC. A majority of the members of the Board shall constitute a quorum, but a\ntwo-thirds vote of the members present shall be required for passage of items\ntaken up by the Board. The Board shall meet at least four times each year. The\nmeetings of the Board shall be held at the call of the chairman or whenever the\nmajority of the members so request.\n\nHISTORY: 2020, cc. 85, 410.","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}}