                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

BOARD OF AUTHORITY; MEMBERS AND OFFICERS; STAFF; ANNUAL REPORT (§ 15.2-6003)

All powers, rights and duties conferred by this chapter, or other provisions of
law, upon the Authority shall be exercised by the Board of the Virginia
Coalfield Economic Development Authority, hereinafter referred to as the Board
or the Board of the Authority. Board members shall serve for terms of four years
except that all vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term. All terms
shall commence July 1 of the year of appointment. Initial appointments shall
begin July 1, 1988. The Board shall consist of sixteen members, residents of the
Commonwealth, as follows:
		Three initial members shall be the sitting chairmen of the county boards of
supervisors of the three counties which are the three largest contributors to
the coal and gas road improvement fund for the fiscal year immediately preceding
July 1, 1988, as reported by the treasurers of the affected counties and city.
Every four years thereafter, the three members shall be supervisors from the
county boards of supervisors of the three counties which are the three largest
contributors to the Virginia Coalfield Economic Development Fund for the fiscal
year immediately preceding July 1 of the year in which new terms of members are
to begin. Such supervisors shall be selected by their respective county boards
of supervisors.
		Five members shall be appointed by the Governor at large; however, if there is
any participating county or city in which there resides no member of the Board
appointed by the other methods herein specified, the Governor shall include at
least one member who is a resident of each such county or city among his
appointees. For the first four-year terms these five members shall be selected
to the extent possible from former members of the Southwest Virginia Economic
Development Commission who reside in Planning District 1 or 2.
		One member shall be a representative of the Virginia Economic Development
Partnership, as designated by the Chief Executive Officer of the Partnership.
		One member shall be a representative named by the Virginia Coal and Energy
Alliance.
		Two members shall be the Executive Directors of the LENOWISCO and Cumberland
Plateau Planning District Commissions.
		Three initial members shall be representatives named by the three largest coal
producers determined by the dollar value of their contribution to the respective
county coal and gas road improvement funds for the fiscal year immediately
preceding July 1, 1988, as reported by the treasurers of the affected counties
and city. Every four years thereafter, the three members shall be
representatives named by the three largest coal producers determined by the
dollar value of their contributions to the Virginia Coalfield Economic
Development Fund for the fiscal year immediately preceding July 1 of the year in
which new terms of members are to begin.
		One member shall be a representative named by the largest oil and gas producer
determined by the dollar value of its contributions to the Virginia Coalfield
Economic Development Fund for the fiscal year immediately preceding July 1 of
the year in which new terms of members are to begin.
		Should a member who is a member solely by virtue of his office as member of a
board of supervisors or executive director of a planning district commission
cease to hold such office, then an immediate vacancy shall occur, and the
vacancy shall be filled for the remainder of the term by his successor selected
by the board of supervisors of his county or as executive director.
		Each member of the Board shall, before entering upon the discharge of the
duties of this office, take and subscribe the oath prescribed in § 49-1. They
shall receive their expenses spent on business of the Authority.
		Ten members of the Authority shall constitute a quorum and the affirmative
vote of a majority of the quorum present shall be necessary for any action taken
by the Authority. No vacancy in the membership of the Authority shall impair the
right of a quorum to exercise all the rights and perform all the duties of the
Authority.
		The Board shall elect from its membership a chairman, a vice-chairman, a
treasurer and a secretary for each calendar year. The secretary shall keep the
minutes of the Board and affix the seal of the Authority.
		The Board may also appoint an executive director, an assistant treasurer and
an assistant secretary, and staff to assist same, who shall discharge such
functions as may be directed by the Board.
		Staff functions of the Authority may be undertaken by the LENOWISCO and
Cumberland Plateau Planning District Commissions, as agreed by the Board and
participating Commissions.
		The Board, promptly following the close of the calendar year, shall submit an
annual report of the Authority&#8217;s activities for the preceding year to the
Governor, the General Assembly, the boards of supervisors of the seven coalfield
counties and the Norton City Council. Each such report shall set forth a
complete operating and financial statement covering the operation of the
Authority during such year. The Authority shall cause an audit of its books and
accounts to be made at least once each year by a certified public accountant and
the cost thereof may be treated as part of the expense of operation.

HISTORY: 1988, c. 833, § 15.1-1638; 1989, c. 281; 1990, c. 341; 1995, c. 334;
1996, cc. 590, 598, 607; 1997, c. 587; 2010, c. 869; 2014, c. 438.