                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

PROHIBITION AGAINST SERVICE BY LEGISLATORS ON BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, AND COUNCILS
WITHIN THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH; EXCEPTIONS (§ 2.2-2101)

Members of the General Assembly shall be ineligible to serve on boards,
commissions, and councils within the executive branch of state government who
are responsible for administering programs established by the General Assembly.
Such prohibition shall not extend to boards, commissions, and councils engaged
solely in policy studies or commemorative activities. If any law directs the
appointment of any member of the General Assembly to a board, commission, or
council in the executive branch of state government that is responsible for
administering programs established by the General Assembly, such portion of such
law shall be void, and the Governor shall appoint another person from the
Commonwealth at large to fill such a position.
		The provisions of this section shall not apply to members of the Board for
Branch Pilots, who shall be appointed as provided for in § 54.1-901; to members
of the Board of Trustees of the Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center, who
shall be appointed as provided for in § 23.1-3126; to members of the Board of
Trustees of the Southern Virginia Higher Education Center, who shall be
appointed as provided for in § 23.1-3121; to members of the Board of Directors
of the New College Institute, who shall be appointed as provided for in §
23.1-3112; to members of the Advisory Board on Teacher Education and Licensure,
who shall be appointed as provided for in § 22.1-305.2; to members of the
Virginia Interagency Coordinating Council, who shall be appointed as provided
for in § 2.2-5204; to members of the Board of Veterans Services, who shall be
appointed as provided for in § 2.2-2452; to members appointed to the Board of
Trustees of the Roanoke Higher Education Authority pursuant to § 23.1-3117; to
members of the Board of Trustees of the Online Virginia Network Authority, who
shall be appointed as provided in § 23.1-3136; to members of the Virginia
Geographic Information Network Advisory Board, who shall be appointed as
provided for in § 2.2-2423; to members of the Information Technology Advisory
Council, who shall be appointed as provided for in § 2.2-2699.5; to members of
the Board of Visitors of the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind, who
shall be appointed as provided for in § 22.1-346.2; to members of the Virginia
Addiction Recovery Council, who shall be appointed as provided for in §
2.2-2696; to members of the Criminal Justice Services Board, who shall be
appointed as provided in § 9.1-108; to members of the State Executive Council
for Children&#8217;s Services, who shall be appointed as provided in §
2.2-2648; to members of the Virginia Board of Workforce Development, who shall
be appointed as provided for in § 2.2-2471; to members of the Volunteer
Firefighters&#8217; and Rescue Squad Workers&#8217; Service Award Fund Board,
who shall be appointed as provided for in § 51.1-1201; to members of the Secure
and Resilient Commonwealth Panel, who shall be appointed as provided for in §
2.2-222.3; to members of the Forensic Science Board, who shall be appointed as
provided for in § 9.1-1109; to members of the Southwest Virginia Cultural
Heritage Foundation, who shall be appointed as provided in § 2.2-2735; to
members of the Virginia Growth and Opportunity Board, who shall be appointed as
provided in § 2.2-2485; to members of the Henrietta Lacks Commission, who shall
be appointed as provided in § 2.2-2538; or to members of the Commission to
Study Slavery and Subsequent De Jure and De Facto Racial and Economic
Discrimination Against African Americans, who shall be appointed as provided in
§ 2.2-2552.

HISTORY: 1977, c. 629, § 9-6.23; 1978, c. 834; 1988, cc. 839, 888; 1989, c.
198; 1991, c. 627; 1992, cc. 407, 771; 1993, cc. 248, 726, 751, 752, 757; 1994,
cc. 486, 843, 858, 951; 1994, 2nd Sp. Sess., c. 7; 1995, cc. 361, 814, 815;
1996, c. 932; 1997, cc. 360, 361, 813, 817; 1998, cc. 622, 724; 1999, cc. 412,
421, 433, 512, 840, 855; 2001, cc. 577, 844; 2003, cc. 94, 451, 657, 670, 854,
900; 2004, c. 37; 2005, cc. 774, 786, 799, 868, 881, 930; 2006, cc. 707, 808,
842, 860, 901; 2007, c. 915; 2008, cc. 654, 659; 2009, cc. 210, 859; 2010, c.
787; 2011, cc. 521, 548, 780, 858; 2012, cc. 803, 835; 2013, cc. 372, 805; 2014,
cc. 115, 490, 585, 622, 815; 2015, cc. 366, 369; 2016, cc. 778, 779; 2017, cc.
331, 686; 2018, cc. 477, 705; 2019, c. 771; 2020, c. 1043; 2022, cc. 260, 261;
2023, c. 466.