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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>65510</law_id><section_number>53.1-134</section_number><catch_line>Virginia Parole Board; appointment of members</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="53.1">Prisons and Other Methods of Correction</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="4">Probation and Parole</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="1">Administration Generally</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>There shall be a Virginia <span class="dictionary">Parole</span> <span class="dictionary">Board</span> (the <span class="dictionary">Board</span>) that shall consist of up to five members appointed by the Governor and subject to confirmation by the General Assembly, if in session when such appointment is made, and if not in session, then at its next succeeding session. At least one member of the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> shall be a representative of a <span class="dictionary">crime</span> victims&#x2019; organization or a victim of <span class="dictionary">crime</span> as defined in subsection B of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Crime victim and witness rights" href="/19.2-11.01/">19.2-11.01</a>. The term of each member of the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> shall be four years. When a vacancy on the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> occurs, the Governor shall appoint a member to fill such vacancy within 60 days.
		The members of the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7;&#xA7; 53-230, 53-231, 53-232, 53-233, 53-234, 53-235, 53-236; 1966, c. 638; 1970, c. 648; 1973, c. 253; 1974, cc. 44, 45; 1975, c. 316; 1982, c. 636; 1984, c. 584; 1997, cc. 795, 883; 2002, c. 569; 2025, c. 716.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
