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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>65574</law_id><section_number>19.2-163.02</section_number><catch_line>Membership of Indigent Defense Commission; expenses</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="19.2">Criminal Procedure</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="10">Disability of Judge or Attorney for Commonwealth; Court- Appointed Counsel; Interpreters; Transcripts</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="3.1">Indigent Defense</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The Virginia <span class="dictionary">Indigent</span> Defense Commission shall consist of 14 members as follows: the Chairmen of the House and Senate Committees for <span class="dictionary">Courts</span> of Justice or their designees who shall be members of the <span class="dictionary">Courts</span> of Justice committees; the chairman of the Virginia State <span class="dictionary">Crime</span> Commission or his designee; the Executive Secretary of the Supreme <span class="dictionary">Court</span> or his designee; two attorneys officially designated by the Virginia State Bar; two persons appointed by the Governor; three persons appointed by the Speaker of the House of Delegates; and three persons appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules. At least one of the appointments made by the Governor, one of the appointments made by the Speaker, and one of the appointments made by the Senate Committee on Rules, shall be an attorney in private practice with a demonstrated interest in <span class="dictionary">indigent</span> defense <span class="dictionary">issues</span>. Persons who are appointed by virtue of their office shall hold terms coincident with their terms of office. If the Chairman of the Virginia State <span class="dictionary">Crime</span> Commission is (i) the Chairman of the House Committee for <span class="dictionary">Courts</span> of Justice, then the Vice-Chairman of the Committee shall serve in the position designated for the Committee Chairman or (ii) the Chairman of the Senate Committee for <span class="dictionary">Courts</span> of Justice, then the Senate Committee on Rules, upon the recommendation of the Chairman of the Committee, shall appoint a member of the Committee to serve in the position designated for the Committee Chairman. All other members shall be appointed for terms of three years and may be reappointed.
		The Commission shall elect a chairman and a vice-chairman from among its membership annually. The chairman or his designee shall preside at all regular and called meetings of the Commission and shall have no additional duties or authority unless set by <span class="dictionary">statute</span> or by resolution of the Commission and annually confirmed by the Commission. A majority of the members shall constitute a quorum. The Commission shall meet at least four times each year. The meetings of the Commission shall be held at the call of the chairman or whenever three of the members so request.
		Members shall be paid reasonable and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. Legislative members shall receive compensation as provided in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Compensation of members of the General Assembly and certain commissions engaged in legislative services" href="/30-19.12/">30-19.12</a> and nonlegislative citizen members shall receive compensation for their services as provided in &#xA7;&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Definitions; compensation and expense payments from state funds for service on collegial bodies" href="/2.2-2813/">2.2-2813</a> and <a class="law" title="Reimbursement for certain travel expenditures; restrictions on reimbursement" href="/2.2-2825/">2.2-2825</a>.</p></section></text><history>2004, cc. 884, 921; 2005, cc. 176, 758; 2006, cc. 429, 501; 2008, c. 115.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
