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Nonlegislative citizen members of the Commission shall be citizens of the Commonwealth of Virginia.\n\t\tAll members of the Commission shall serve terms coincident with their terms of office. Appointments to fill vacancies, other than by expiration of a term, shall be for the unexpired terms. All members may be reappointed. 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This law was first created in 1998. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 553<\/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 5 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 2000, chapters 386<\/a> and 456<\/a>; in 2004, chapter 471<\/a>; in 2009, chapter 601<\/a>; in 2013, chapter 173<\/a>; in 2023, chapter 98<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":72567,"section_number":"62.1-69.26","catch_line":"Rappahannock River Basin Commission; establishment","order_by":null,"url":"\/62.1-69.26\/"}],"permalink":{"id":270279,"object_type":"law","relational_id":66551,"identifier":"62.1-69.29","token":"62.1\/5.3\/62.1-69.29","url":"\/62.1-69.29\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/62.1-69.29\/","token":"62.1\/5.3\/62.1-69.29","dublin_core":{"Title":"Membership; terms; vacancies","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 62.1-69.29","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The membership of the Commission shall consist of 30 members, which includes 13 legislative members and 17 nonlegislative citizen members<\/span>, to be appointed as follows: nine members of the House of Delegates, one member each of the Thirtieth, Sixty-first, Sixty-second, Sixty-third, Sixty-fourth, Sixty-fifth, Sixty-sixth, Sixty-seventh, and Sixty-eighth House of Delegates Districts, as those districts exist on January 1, 2024; four members of the Senate, one member each of the Twenty-fifth, Twenty-seventh, Twenty-eighth, and Thirty-first Senatorial Districts, as those districts exist on January 1, 2024; one member or designee of each of the 16 governing bodies of the jurisdictions<\/span> in which not less than two percent of the jurisdiction<\/span> is found wholly or partially within the Rappahannock River Basin<\/span>, that at any time pass a resolution containing the language required by \u00a7 62.1-69.26<\/a>, to be appointed by the respective local governing body; and one member or designee of a Soil and Water Conservation District found wholly or partially within the Rappahannock River Basin<\/span>, to be appointed jointly by the Soil and Water Conservation Districts found wholly or partially within the Rappahannock River Basin<\/span>. Nonlegislative citizen members<\/span> of the Commission shall be citizens of the Commonwealth of Virginia.\n\t\tAll members of the Commission shall serve terms coincident with their terms of office. Appointments to fill vacancies, other than by expiration of a term, shall be for the unexpired terms. All members may be reappointed. Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointments.\n\t\tFor the purposes of this section, “nonlegislative citizen member<\/span>” means a member of one of the local governing bodies or the Soil and Water Conservation Districts of the jurisdictions<\/span> found wholly or partially within the Rappahannock River Basin<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nMEMBERSHIP; TERMS; VACANCIES (\u00a7 62.1-69.29)\n\nThe membership of the Commission shall consist of 30 members, which includes 13\nlegislative members and 17 nonlegislative citizen members, to be appointed as\nfollows: nine members of the House of Delegates, one member each of the\nThirtieth, Sixty-first, Sixty-second, Sixty-third, Sixty-fourth, Sixty-fifth,\nSixty-sixth, Sixty-seventh, and Sixty-eighth House of Delegates Districts, as\nthose districts exist on January 1, 2024; four members of the Senate, one member\neach of the Twenty-fifth, Twenty-seventh, Twenty-eighth, and Thirty-first\nSenatorial Districts, as those districts exist on January 1, 2024; one member or\ndesignee of each of the 16 governing bodies of the jurisdictions in which not\nless than two percent of the jurisdiction is found wholly or partially within\nthe Rappahannock River Basin, that at any time pass a resolution containing the\nlanguage required by \u00a7 62.1-69.26, to be appointed by the respective local\ngoverning body; and one member or designee of a Soil and Water Conservation\nDistrict found wholly or partially within the Rappahannock River Basin, to be\nappointed jointly by the Soil and Water Conservation Districts found wholly or\npartially within the Rappahannock River Basin. Nonlegislative citizen members of\nthe Commission shall be citizens of the Commonwealth of Virginia.\n\t\tAll members of the Commission shall serve terms coincident with their terms of\noffice. Appointments to fill vacancies, other than by expiration of a term,\nshall be for the unexpired terms. All members may be reappointed. Vacancies\nshall be filled in the same manner as the original appointments.\n\t\tFor the purposes of this section, “nonlegislative citizen member”\nmeans a member of one of the local governing bodies or the Soil and Water\nConservation Districts of the jurisdictions found wholly or partially within the\nRappahannock River Basin.\n\nHISTORY: 1998, c. 553; 2000, cc. 386, 456; 2004, c. 471; 2009, c. 601; 2013, c.\n173; 2023, c. 98.","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}}