                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

BOARD OF DIRECTORS; MEMBERS (§ 2.2-2367)

A. The Authority shall be governed by a board of directors consisting of 11
members as follows: (i) the Secretary of Health and Human Resources or his
designee; (ii) the Chair of the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations
or his designee and the Chair of the House Committee on Appropriations or his
designee; (iii) an elected member of the governing body of a participating
locality, to be selected from a list of three submitted jointly by the Virginia
Association of Counties and the Virginia Municipal League; (iv) one
representative of a community services board or behavioral health authority
serving an urban or suburban region containing participating localities and one
representative of a community services board or behavioral health authority
serving a rural region containing participating localities, each to be selected
from lists of three submitted by the Virginia Association of Community Services
Boards; (v) one sheriff of a participating locality, to be selected from a list
of three submitted by the Virginia Sheriffs&#8217; Association; (vi) one
licensed, practicing county or city attorney of a participating locality, to be
selected from a list of three submitted by the Local Government Attorneys of
Virginia; (vii) two medical professionals with expertise in public and
behavioral health administration or opioid use disorders and their treatment;
and (viii) one representative of the addiction and recovery community.
			The member appointed pursuant to clause (i) shall serve ex officio, and the
members appointed pursuant to clauses (iii) through (viii) shall be appointed by
the Governor. If the term of the office to which a member appointed pursuant to
clause (iii) or (v) was elected expires prior to the expiration of his term as a
member of the board, the Governor may authorize such member to complete the
remainder of his term as a member or may appoint a new member who satisfies the
criteria of clause (iii) or (v), as applicable, to complete the remainder of the
term.

B. 1. After an initial staggering of terms, members of the Board shall serve
terms of four years. No member shall be eligible to serve more than two terms.
Any appointment to fill a vacancy shall be for the unexpired term. A person
appointed to fill a vacancy may be appointed to serve two additional terms.

   2. Ex officio members shall serve terms coincident with their terms of office.

C. The Board shall elect annually a chairman and vice-chairman from among its
membership. The chairman, or in his absence the vice-chairman, shall preside at
all meetings of the Board.

D. A majority of the members of the Board serving at any one time shall
constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.

E. The Board shall meet annually or more frequently at the call of the chairman.

HISTORY: 2021, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 306, 307.