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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>54327</law_id><section_number>2.2-2367</section_number><catch_line>Board of directors; members</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>2.2-2696</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="2.2">Administration of Government</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="I">Organization of State Government</unit><unit label="part" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="D">State Authorities, Boards, Commissions, Councils, Foundations and Other Collegial Bodies</unit><unit label="chapter" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="22">Authorities</unit><unit label="article" level="5" order_by="1" identifier="12">Opioid Abatement Authority</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Authority</span> shall be governed by a <span class="dictionary">board</span> of directors consisting of 11 members as follows: (i) the Secretary of Health and Human Resources or his designee; (ii) the Chair of the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations or his designee and the Chair of the House Committee on Appropriations or his designee; (iii) an elected member of the governing body of a <span class="dictionary">participating locality</span>, to be selected from a list of three submitted jointly by the Virginia Association of Counties and the Virginia Municipal League; (iv) one representative of a <span class="dictionary">community services</span> <span class="dictionary">board</span> or behavioral health <span class="dictionary">authority</span> serving an urban or suburban region containing participating localities and one representative of a <span class="dictionary">community services</span> <span class="dictionary">board</span> or behavioral health <span class="dictionary">authority</span> serving a rural region containing participating localities, each to be selected from lists of three submitted by the Virginia Association of <span class="dictionary">Community Services</span> <span class="dictionary">Boards</span>; (v) one sheriff of a <span class="dictionary">participating locality</span>, to be selected from a list of three submitted by the Virginia Sheriffs&#x2019; Association; (vi) one licensed, practicing county or city attorney of a <span class="dictionary">participating locality</span>, to be selected from a list of three submitted by the Local Government Attorneys of Virginia; (vii) two medical professionals with expertise in public and behavioral health administration or opioid use disorders and their treatment; and (viii) one representative of the addiction and recovery community.
			The member appointed pursuant to clause (i) shall serve ex officio, and the members appointed pursuant to clauses (iii) through (viii) shall be appointed by the Governor. If the term of the office to which a member appointed pursuant to clause (iii) or (v) was elected expires prior to the expiration of his term as a member of the <span class="dictionary">board</span>, the Governor may authorize such member to complete the remainder of his term as a member or may appoint a new member who satisfies the criteria of clause (iii) or (v), as applicable, to complete the remainder of the term. <a id="paragraph-199454" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/2.2-2367/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> 1. After an initial staggering of terms, members of the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> shall serve terms of four years. No member shall be eligible to serve more than two terms. Any appointment to fill a vacancy shall be for the unexpired term. A person appointed to fill a vacancy may be appointed to serve two additional terms. <a id="paragraph-199455" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/2.2-2367/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Ex officio members shall serve terms coincident with their terms of office. <a id="paragraph-199456" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/2.2-2367/#B2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Board</span> shall elect annually a chairman and vice-chairman from among its membership. The chairman, or in his absence the vice-chairman, shall preside at all meetings of the <span class="dictionary">Board</span>. <a id="paragraph-199457" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/2.2-2367/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> A majority of the members of the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> serving at any one time shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. <a id="paragraph-199458" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/2.2-2367/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="E"><p><span class="prefix-number">E.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Board</span> shall meet annually or more frequently at the call of the chairman. <a id="paragraph-199459" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/2.2-2367/#E"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2021, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 306, 307.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
