                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DIRECTORS; QUALIFICATIONS; TERMS; VACANCIES; COMPENSATION AND EXPENSES; QUORUM;
RECORDS; CERTIFICATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF REPORT CONCERNING BOND ISSUANCE (§
15.2-5502)

The Authority shall be governed by a board of directors of 18 representatives in
which all powers of the Authority shall be vested and which board shall include
eight Tourism Directors representing each county and the City of Norton, which
will hold permanent seats on the board. If a Tourism Director position does not
exist in a locality, the governing body shall appoint a representative,
preferably from the government staff, chamber of commerce, or travel industry to
represent the locality on the board of directors. The remaining seats shall be
filled preferably by representatives from the travel industry from each of the
eight governing localities. Each Tourism Director, working with the tourism
committee from the localities, shall provide a slate of nominations to the
governing body for selection of one representative, preferably from the tourism
industry segment, which may include the chairman of the local tourism committee;
a representative from lodging, restaurants, attractions, parks, or outdoor
recreation; or a community leader. The board of directors shall create two
ex-officio nonvoting board positions for representatives from the Jefferson
National Forest Clinch Ranger District Office and Virginia State Parks.
Appointed representatives shall serve a two-year term that begins on January 1
and may be reappointed for additional terms with appointments made at the
year-end board meeting. The board of directors shall have the authority to
appoint nonvoting tourism representatives and to determine additional seats as
they deem necessary.
		The directors shall elect from their membership a chair, a vice-chair, and
from their membership or not, as they desire, a secretary and a treasurer, or a
secretary-treasurer, who shall continue to hold such office until their
respective successors are elected. The directors shall receive no salary, but
the directors may be reimbursed for necessary traveling and other expenses
incurred in the performance of their duties.
		The board of directors may remove from the board any appointed member in the
event that the board member is absent from any three consecutive board meetings
or is absent from any four board meetings within any 12-month period. In either
such event, the local governing body shall appoint a successor for the unexpired
portion of the term of the member who has been removed.
		Ten members of the board of directors shall constitute a quorum of the board
for the purposes of conducting its business and exercising its powers and for
all other purposes. No vacancy in the membership of the board shall impair the
right of a quorum to exercise all the powers and perform all the duties of the
board. The board shall keep detailed minutes of its proceedings, which shall be
open to public inspection at all times. It shall keep suitable records of its
financial transactions and, unless exempted by § 30-140, it shall arrange to
have the records audited annually. Copies of each such audit shall be furnished
to the governing bodies of the participating localities and shall be open to
public inspection.

HISTORY: 1993, c. 663, § 15.1-1399.20; 1994, c. 160; 1997, c. 587; 2018, cc.
176, 321.