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All members shall own or represent commercially or industrially zoned property within the district. Each member shall be appointed for a term of four years, except the initial appointment of advisory board members shall provide that the terms of three of the members shall be for two years. If a vacancy occurs with respect to an advisory board member initially appointed by a local governing body, or any successor of such a member, the local governing body shall appoint a new member who is a representative or owner of commercially or industrially zoned property within the local district. If a vacancy occurs with respect to an advisory board member initially nominated by the petitioners, or any successor thereof, the remaining advisory board members initially nominated by the petitioners, or their successors, shall nominate a new member for selection by the local governing body.\n\t\tDistrict advisory board members shall serve without pay, but the local governing body shall provide the advisory board with facilities for the holding of meetings, and the commission shall appropriate funds needed to defray the reasonable expenses and fees of the advisory board that shall not exceed $20,000 annually, including expenses and fees arising out of the preparation of the annual report. Such appropriations shall be based on an annual budget submitted by the board, and approved by the commission, sufficient to carry out its responsibilities under this chapter. The advisory board shall elect a chairman and a secretary and such other officers as it deems necessary. The advisory board shall fix the time for holding regular meetings, but it shall meet at least once every year. Special meetings of the advisory board shall be called by the chairman or by two members of the advisory board upon written request to the secretary of the advisory board. A majority of the members shall constitute a quorum.\n\t\tThe advisory board shall present an annual report to the commission on the transportation needs of the district and on the activities of the advisory board, and the advisory board shall present special reports on transportation matters as requested by the commission or the local governing body concerning taxes to be levied pursuant to this chapter.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":300231,"text":"Within 30 days after the establishment of a district under this chapter, the local governing body from each locality within which any portion of the district is located shall appoint six members to a district advisory board. 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This law was first created in 1993. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 395 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. Unfortunately, the 1993 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. 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 2014, chapter 805<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":207135,"object_type":"law","relational_id":83749,"identifier":"33.2-2004","token":"33.2\/IV\/20\/33.2-2004","url":"\/33.2-2004\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/33.2-2004\/","token":"33.2\/IV\/20\/33.2-2004","dublin_core":{"Title":"Appointment of district advisory boards","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 33.2-2004","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Within 30 days after the establishment of a district under this chapter, the local governing body from each locality<\/span> within which any portion of the district is located shall appoint six members to a district advisory board<\/span>. Three of the six members from each locality<\/span> shall be chosen by the local governing body from nominations submitted to the local governing body by the petitioners. All members shall own or represent commercially or industrially zoned property within the district. Each member shall be appointed for a term of four years, except the initial appointment of advisory board members shall provide that the terms of three of the members shall be for two years. If a vacancy occurs with respect to an advisory board member initially appointed by a local governing body, or any successor of such a member, the local governing body shall appoint a new member who is a representative or owner<\/span> of commercially or industrially zoned property within the local district. If a vacancy occurs with respect to an advisory board member initially nominated by the petitioners, or any successor thereof, the remaining advisory board members initially nominated by the petitioners, or their successors, shall nominate a new member for selection by the local governing body.\n\t\tDistrict advisory board<\/span> members shall serve without pay, but the local governing body shall provide the advisory board with facilities for the holding of meetings, and the commission<\/span> shall appropriate funds needed to defray the reasonable expenses and fees of the advisory board that shall not exceed $20,000 annually, including expenses and fees arising out of the preparation of the annual report. Such appropriations shall be based on an annual budget submitted by the board, and approved by the commission<\/span>, sufficient to carry out its responsibilities under this chapter. The advisory board shall elect a chairman and a secretary<\/span> and such other officers as it deems necessary. The advisory board shall fix the time for holding regular meetings, but it shall meet at least once every year. Special meetings of the advisory board shall be called by the chairman or by two members of the advisory board upon written request to the secretary<\/span> of the advisory board. A majority of the members shall constitute a quorum.\n\t\tThe advisory board shall present an annual report to the commission<\/span> on the transportation needs of the district and on the activities of the advisory board, and the advisory board shall present special reports on transportation matters as requested by the commission<\/span> or the local governing body concerning taxes to be levied pursuant to this chapter.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nAPPOINTMENT OF DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARDS (\u00a7 33.2-2004)\n\nWithin 30 days after the establishment of a district under this chapter, the\nlocal governing body from each locality within which any portion of the district\nis located shall appoint six members to a district advisory board. Three of the\nsix members from each locality shall be chosen by the local governing body from\nnominations submitted to the local governing body by the petitioners. All\nmembers shall own or represent commercially or industrially zoned property\nwithin the district. Each member shall be appointed for a term of four years,\nexcept the initial appointment of advisory board members shall provide that the\nterms of three of the members shall be for two years. If a vacancy occurs with\nrespect to an advisory board member initially appointed by a local governing\nbody, or any successor of such a member, the local governing body shall appoint\na new member who is a representative or owner of commercially or industrially\nzoned property within the local district. If a vacancy occurs with respect to an\nadvisory board member initially nominated by the petitioners, or any successor\nthereof, the remaining advisory board members initially nominated by the\npetitioners, or their successors, shall nominate a new member for selection by\nthe local governing body.\n\t\tDistrict advisory board members shall serve without pay, but the local\ngoverning body shall provide the advisory board with facilities for the holding\nof meetings, and the commission shall appropriate funds needed to defray the\nreasonable expenses and fees of the advisory board that shall not exceed $20,000\nannually, including expenses and fees arising out of the preparation of the\nannual report. Such appropriations shall be based on an annual budget submitted\nby the board, and approved by the commission, sufficient to carry out its\nresponsibilities under this chapter. The advisory board shall elect a chairman\nand a secretary and such other officers as it deems necessary. The advisory\nboard shall fix the time for holding regular meetings, but it shall meet at\nleast once every year. Special meetings of the advisory board shall be called by\nthe chairman or by two members of the advisory board upon written request to the\nsecretary of the advisory board. A majority of the members shall constitute a\nquorum.\n\t\tThe advisory board shall present an annual report to the commission on the\ntransportation needs of the district and on the activities of the advisory\nboard, and the advisory board shall present special reports on transportation\nmatters as requested by the commission or the local governing body concerning\ntaxes to be levied pursuant to this chapter.\n\nHISTORY: 1993, c. 395, \u00a7 33.1-413; 2014, c. 805.","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}}