                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION BOARD; COMPOSITION (§ 10.1-502)

The Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Board is continued and shall perform
the functions conferred upon it in this chapter. The Board shall consist of nine
nonlegislative citizen members and one ex officio member with nonvoting
privileges. The Director of the Department of Conservation and Recreation or his
designee shall be a nonvoting ex officio member of the Board. Three
nonlegislative citizen members of the Board shall be appointed by the Governor
as at-large members, of whom at least two members shall have a demonstrated
interest in natural resource conservation with a background or knowledge in dam
safety, soil conservation, or water quality protection. Additionally, four
nonlegislative citizen members shall be farmers at the time of their appointment
and two nonlegislative citizen members shall be farmers or district directors.
Each of the six nonlegislative members who is a farmer or district director
shall be a resident of a different one of the six geographic areas represented
in the Virginia Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts and shall
be appointed by the Governor from a list of two qualified nominees for each
vacancy jointly submitted by the Board and the Board of Directors of the
Virginia Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts in consultation
with the Virginia Farm Bureau Federation and the Virginia Agribusiness Council.
Nonlegislative citizen members shall be appointed for a term of four years. All
appointed members shall not serve more than two consecutive full terms.
Appointments to fill vacancies shall be made in the same manner as the original
appointments, except that such appointments shall be for the unexpired terms
only. The Board may invite the Virginia State Conservationist, Natural Resources
Conservation Service, to serve as an advisory nonvoting member. The Board shall
keep a record of its official actions and adopt a seal and may perform acts,
hold public hearings, and adopt regulations necessary for the execution of its
functions under this chapter.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 21-6; 1950, p. 77; 1954, c. 670; 1956, c. 654; 1960, c.
208; 1964, c. 512; 1968, c. 149; 1970, c. 480; 1984, c. 750; 1985, c. 448; 1988,
c. 891; 1989, c. 656; 1991, c. 188; 1992, c. 121; 2003, c. 128; 2005, c. 102;
2011, cc. 213, 228; 2013, cc. 756, 793; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 43, 44.