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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":195329,"object_type":"law","relational_id":58205,"identifier":"3.2-3009","token":"3.2\/II\/C\/30.1\/3.2-3009","url":"\/3.2-3009\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-3009\/","token":"3.2\/II\/C\/30.1\/3.2-3009","dublin_core":{"Title":"Board membership terms; vacancies","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-3009","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Following the initial staggering of terms, nonlegislative citizen members shall serve terms of four years, which shall begin on July 1 of the year of the appointment. The Commissioner<\/span> shall serve a term coincident with his term of office. Appointments to fill vacancies, other than by expiration of a term, shall be for the unexpired terms. All members may be reappointed. 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. Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointments.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nBOARD MEMBERSHIP TERMS; VACANCIES (\u00a7 3.2-3009)\n\nFollowing the initial staggering of terms, nonlegislative citizen members shall\nserve terms of four years, which shall begin on July 1 of the year of the\nappointment. The Commissioner shall serve a term coincident with his term of\noffice. Appointments to fill vacancies, other than by expiration of a term,\nshall be for the unexpired terms. All members may be reappointed. No\nnonlegislative citizen member shall serve more than two consecutive four-year\nterms. The remainder of any term to which a member is appointed to fill a\nvacancy shall not constitute a term in determining the member’s\neligibility for reappointment. Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as\nthe original appointments.\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}}