                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

VIRGINIA LGBTQ+ ADVISORY BOARD; MEMBERSHIP; TERMS; QUORUM; MEETINGS (§
2.2-2499.1)

A. The Virginia LGBTQ+ Advisory Board (the Board) is established as an advisory
board in the executive branch of state government.

B. The Board shall have a total membership of 26 members that shall consist of
21 nonlegislative citizen members and five ex officio members. Nonlegislative
citizen members shall be appointed as follows: 21 members, at least 15 of whom
shall identify as LGBTQ+, to be appointed by the Governor, subject to
confirmation by the General Assembly. The Secretaries of the Commonwealth,
Commerce and Trade, Education, Health and Human Resources, and Public Safety and
Homeland Security, or their designees, shall serve ex officio with nonvoting
privileges. Nonlegislative citizen members of the Board shall be citizens of the
Commonwealth.

C. Ex officio members of the Board shall serve terms coincident with their terms
of office. Appointments to fill vacancies, other than by expiration of a term,
shall be for the unexpired terms. Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner
as the original appointments. All members may be reappointed.
			After the initial staggering of terms, nonlegislative citizen members shall
be appointed for a term of four years. No nonlegislative citizen member shall
serve more than two consecutive four-year terms. 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.

D. The Board shall elect a chairman and vice-chairman from among its membership.
A majority of the members shall constitute a quorum. The meetings of the Board
shall be held at the call of the chairman or whenever the majority of the
members so request.

HISTORY: 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 169.