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Members shall be appointed as follows: four members of the Senate, to be appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules; six members of the House of Delegates, to be appointed by the Speaker of the House, in accordance with the principles of proportional representation contained in the Rules of the House of Delegates; the Executive Director of Living the Dream; the President of the Foundation for the Humanities and Public Policy; three nonlegislative citizen members, of whom one shall be a representative of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference of Virginia and two shall be nonlegislative citizens at-large, to be appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules; and three nonlegislative citizen at-large members, to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Delegates. Nonlegislative citizen members shall be citizens of the Commonwealth. Unless otherwise approved in writing by the chairman of the Commission and the respective Clerk, nonlegislative citizen members shall only be reimbursed for travel originating and ending within the Commonwealth of Virginia for the purpose of attending meetings. The Senate Committee on Rules and the Speaker of the House shall ensure, to the extent possible, that their respective appointments to the Commission reflect the demographic population of the Commonwealth.\n\t\tLegislative members and nonlegislative citizen members serving by virtue of their office on the Commission shall serve terms coincident with their terms of office. Nonlegislative citizen members shall be appointed for a term of two years. Appointments to fill vacancies, other than by expiration of a term, shall be for the unexpired terms. Legislative and nonlegislative citizen members may be reappointed for successive terms. 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Members shall be appointed as follows: four members of the Senate, to be appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules; six members of the House of Delegates, to be appointed by the Speaker of the House, in accordance with the principles of proportional representation contained in the Rules of the House of Delegates; the Executive Director of Living the Dream; the President of the Foundation for the Humanities and Public Policy; three nonlegislative citizen members, of whom one shall be a representative of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference of Virginia and two shall be nonlegislative citizens at-large, to be appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules; and three nonlegislative citizen at-large members, to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Delegates. Nonlegislative citizen members shall be citizens of the Commonwealth. 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This law was first created in 2003. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 1035<\/a> and 1037<\/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 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 2004, chapter 1000<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":199893,"object_type":"law","relational_id":64555,"identifier":"30-192.1","token":"30\/27\/30-192.1","url":"\/30-192.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/30-192.1\/","token":"30\/27\/30-192.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Membership; terms","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 30-192.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Commission shall be composed of 18 members that consist of 10 legislative members and eight nonlegislative citizen members. Members shall be appointed as follows: four members of the Senate, to be appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules; six members of the House of Delegates, to be appointed by the Speaker of the House, in accordance with the principles of proportional representation contained in the Rules of the House of Delegates; the Executive Director of Living the Dream; the President of the Foundation for the Humanities and Public Policy; three nonlegislative citizen members, of whom one shall be a representative of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference of Virginia and two shall be nonlegislative citizens at-large, to be appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules; and three nonlegislative citizen at-large members, to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Delegates. Nonlegislative citizen members shall be citizens of the Commonwealth. Unless otherwise approved in writing by the chairman of the Commission and the respective Clerk, nonlegislative citizen members shall only be reimbursed for travel originating and ending within the Commonwealth of Virginia for the purpose of attending meetings. The Senate Committee on Rules and the Speaker of the House shall ensure, to the extent possible, that their respective appointments to the Commission reflect the demographic population of the Commonwealth.\n\t\tLegislative members and nonlegislative citizen members serving by virtue of their office on the Commission shall serve terms coincident with their terms of office. Nonlegislative citizen members shall be appointed for a term of two years. Appointments to fill vacancies, other than by expiration of a term, shall be for the unexpired terms. Legislative and nonlegislative citizen members may be reappointed for successive terms. Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointments.\n\t\tThe Commission shall elect a chairman and a vice-chairman from among its membership who shall be members of the General Assembly.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nMEMBERSHIP; TERMS (\u00a7 30-192.1)\n\nThe Commission shall be composed of 18 members that consist of 10 legislative\nmembers and eight nonlegislative citizen members. Members shall be appointed as\nfollows: four members of the Senate, to be appointed by the Senate Committee on\nRules; six members of the House of Delegates, to be appointed by the Speaker of\nthe House, in accordance with the principles of proportional representation\ncontained in the Rules of the House of Delegates; the Executive Director of\nLiving the Dream; the President of the Foundation for the Humanities and Public\nPolicy; three nonlegislative citizen members, of whom one shall be a\nrepresentative of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference of Virginia and\ntwo shall be nonlegislative citizens at-large, to be appointed by the Senate\nCommittee on Rules; and three nonlegislative citizen at-large members, to be\nappointed by the Speaker of the House of Delegates. Nonlegislative citizen\nmembers shall be citizens of the Commonwealth. Unless otherwise approved in\nwriting by the chairman of the Commission and the respective Clerk,\nnonlegislative citizen members shall only be reimbursed for travel originating\nand ending within the Commonwealth of Virginia for the purpose of attending\nmeetings. The Senate Committee on Rules and the Speaker of the House shall\nensure, to the extent possible, that their respective appointments to the\nCommission reflect the demographic population of the Commonwealth.\n\t\tLegislative members and nonlegislative citizen members serving by virtue of\ntheir office on the Commission shall serve terms coincident with their terms of\noffice. Nonlegislative citizen members shall be appointed for a term of two\nyears. Appointments to fill vacancies, other than by expiration of a term, shall\nbe for the unexpired terms. Legislative and nonlegislative citizen members may\nbe reappointed for successive terms. Vacancies shall be filled in the same\nmanner as the original appointments.\n\t\tThe Commission shall elect a chairman and a vice-chairman from among its\nmembership who shall be members of the General Assembly.\n\nHISTORY: 2003, cc. 1035, 1037; 2004, c. 1000.","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}}