                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

ELECTION OR APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS; TERMS (§ 12.1-6)

The Commission shall consist of three members. Members of the Commission shall
be elected by the joint vote of the two houses of the General Assembly for
regular staggered terms of six years. At the regular session of the General
Assembly convened in each even-numbered year, one commissioner shall be elected
for a regular six-year term.
		Whenever a vacancy in the Commission shall occur or exist when the General
Assembly is in session, the General Assembly shall elect a successor for such
unexpired term. If the General Assembly is not in session, the Governor shall
forthwith appoint pro tempore a qualified person to fill the vacancy for a term
ending thirty days after the commencement of the next regular session of the
General Assembly, and the General Assembly shall elect a successor for such
unexpired term.
		The Governor shall commission each of the members of the Commission who shall
file his commission in the office of the clerk of the Commission.

HISTORY: Code 1950, §§ 12-9, 12-12; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 157; 2006, c. 838.