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Members shall be appointed as follows: six members of the House of Delegates to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Delegates in accordance with the principles of proportional representation contained in the Rules of the House of Delegates; four members of the Senate to be appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules; seven nonlegislative citizen members, at least one of whom shall represent each of the seven federally recognized Tribal Nations located in the Commonwealth, to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Delegates with the advice and consent of each such federally recognized Tribal Nation; and one nonlegislative citizen member, who shall represent the Commonwealth’s scholarly community, to be appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules. The Secretary of the Commonwealth, or his designee, shall serve ex officio with voting privileges. Nonlegislative citizen members of the Commission shall be citizens of the Commonwealth.\n\t\tLegislative members and the ex officio member of 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 members and nonlegislative citizen members may be reappointed. However, no nonlegislative citizen member shall serve more than four consecutive two-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. 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Members shall be appointed as follows: six members of the House of Delegates to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Delegates in accordance with the principles of proportional representation contained in the Rules of the House of Delegates; four members of the Senate to be appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules; seven nonlegislative citizen members, at least one of whom shall represent each of the seven federally recognized Tribal Nations located in the Commonwealth, to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Delegates with the advice and consent of each such federally recognized Tribal Nation; and one nonlegislative citizen member, who shall represent the Commonwealth’s scholarly community, to be appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules. The Secretary of the Commonwealth, or his designee, shall serve ex officio with voting privileges. 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This law was first created in 2022. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 788<\/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":200827,"object_type":"law","relational_id":57217,"identifier":"30-415","token":"30\/65\/30-415","url":"\/30-415\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/30-415\/","token":"30\/65\/30-415","dublin_core":{"Title":"(Expires July 1, 2026) Membership; terms","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 30-415","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Commission shall have a total of 19 members, consisting of 10 legislative members, eight nonlegislative citizen members, and one ex officio member. Members shall be appointed as follows: six members of the House of Delegates to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Delegates in accordance with the principles of proportional representation contained in the Rules of the House of Delegates; four members of the Senate to be appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules; seven nonlegislative citizen members, at least one of whom shall represent each of the seven federally recognized Tribal Nations located in the Commonwealth, to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Delegates with the advice and consent of each such federally recognized Tribal Nation; and one nonlegislative citizen member, who shall represent the Commonwealth’s scholarly community, to be appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules. The Secretary of the Commonwealth, or his designee, shall serve ex officio with voting privileges<\/span>. Nonlegislative citizen members of the Commission shall be citizens of the Commonwealth.\n\t\tLegislative members and the ex officio member of 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 members and nonlegislative citizen members may be reappointed. However, no nonlegislative citizen member shall serve more than four consecutive two-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.\n\t\tThe Commission shall elect a chairman and vice-chairman from among its membership, who shall be members of the General Assembly.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\n(EXPIRES JULY 1, 2026) MEMBERSHIP; TERMS (\u00a7 30-415)\n\nThe Commission shall have a total of 19 members, consisting of 10 legislative\nmembers, eight nonlegislative citizen members, and one ex officio member.\nMembers shall be appointed as follows: six members of the House of Delegates to\nbe appointed by the Speaker of the House of Delegates in accordance with the\nprinciples of proportional representation contained in the Rules of the House of\nDelegates; four members of the Senate to be appointed by the Senate Committee on\nRules; seven nonlegislative citizen members, at least one of whom shall\nrepresent each of the seven federally recognized Tribal Nations located in the\nCommonwealth, to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Delegates with the\nadvice and consent of each such federally recognized Tribal Nation; and one\nnonlegislative citizen member, who shall represent the Commonwealth’s\nscholarly community, to be appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules. The\nSecretary of the Commonwealth, or his designee, shall serve ex officio with\nvoting privileges. Nonlegislative citizen members of the Commission shall be\ncitizens of the Commonwealth.\n\t\tLegislative members and the ex officio member of the Commission shall serve\nterms coincident with their terms of office. Nonlegislative citizen members\nshall be appointed for a term of two years. Appointments to fill vacancies,\nother than by expiration of a term, shall be for the unexpired terms.\nLegislative members and nonlegislative citizen members may be reappointed.\nHowever, no nonlegislative citizen member shall serve more than four consecutive\ntwo-year terms. The remainder of any term to which a member is appointed to fill\na vacancy 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\t\tThe Commission shall elect a chairman and vice-chairman from among its\nmembership, who shall be members of the General Assembly.\n\nHISTORY: 2022, c. 788.","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}}