                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

BOARD OF VETERANS SERVICES; MEMBERSHIP; TERMS; QUORUM; COMPENSATION; STAFF (§
2.2-2452)

A. The Board of Veterans Services (the Board) is established as a policy board,
within the meaning of &#xA7; 2.2-2100, in the executive branch of state
government. The Board shall have a total membership of 26 members, including
seven legislative members, 15 nonlegislative citizen members, and four ex
officio members. Members shall be appointed as follows: four members of the
House of Delegates to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Delegates in
accordance with the principles of proportional representation contained in the
Rules of the House of Delegates; three members of the Senate to be appointed by
the Senate Committee on Rules; and 15 nonlegislative citizen members to be
appointed by the Governor. The Commissioner of the Department of Veterans
Services, the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Veterans Services
Foundation, the Chairman of the Joint Leadership Council of Veterans Service
Organizations, and the Chairman of the Virginia War Memorial Foundation, or
their designees, shall serve ex officio with full voting privileges.
Nonlegislative citizen members of the Board shall be citizens of the
Commonwealth.
			In making appointments, the Governor shall endeavor to ensure a balanced
geographical representation on the Board, while at the same time selecting
appointees of such qualifications and experience as will allow them to develop
reasonable and effective policy recommendations related to (i) the services
provided to veterans of the Armed Forces of the United States and their eligible
spouses, orphans, and dependents by the Department of Veterans Services and (ii)
the mission of the Virginia War Memorial.
			Legislative members and the Commissioner of the Department of Veterans
Services shall serve terms coincident with their terms of office. Nonlegislative
citizen members shall be appointed for a term of four years. Appointments to
fill vacancies, other than by expiration of a term, shall be for the unexpired
terms. All members may be reappointed. However, no House member shall serve more
than six consecutive two-year terms, and no Senate member shall serve more than
three consecutive four-year terms. No nonlegislative citizen member shall serve
more than two consecutive four-year terms; however, a nonlegislative citizen
member appointed to serve an unexpired term is eligible to serve two consecutive
four-year terms immediately succeeding such unexpired term.
			The remainder of any term to which a member is appointed to fill a vacancy
shall not constitute a term in determining the member&#8217;s eligibility for
reappointment. Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as the original
appointments.

B. The Board shall select a chairman and vice-chairman from its membership. The
Commissioner of the Department of Veterans Services shall not be eligible to
serve as chairman. The Board shall meet at least three times a year at such
times as it deems appropriate or on call of the chairman. A majority of the
members of the Board shall constitute a quorum.

C. The Board shall organize itself in such a way as to allow it to fulfill its
powers and duties.

D. The Department of Veterans Services shall provide staff to assist the Board
in its administrative, planning, and procedural duties.

HISTORY: 2003, cc. 657, 670; 2004, c. 697; 2005, c. 758; 2008, cc. 467, 768;
2010, c. 64; 2012, cc. 33, 162; 2015, c. 319; 2017, cc. 89, 501; 2019, cc. 40,
204.