                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

COMMONWEALTH&#8217;S ATTORNEYS&#8217; SERVICES COUNCIL; PURPOSE; MEMBERSHIP
TERMS; COMPENSATION (§ 2.2-2617)

A. The Commonwealth&#8217;s Attorneys&#8217; Services Council is established as
a supervisory council, within the meaning of &#xA7; 2.2-2100, in the executive
branch of state government. The purpose of the Council shall be to ensure the
upgrading of criminal justice administration by providing and coordinating
training, education and services for attorneys for the Commonwealth, there is
created in the executive branch the Commonwealth&#8217;s Attorneys&#8217;
Services Council that shall be under the direction and control of the Governor.

B. The Council shall consist of not more than sixteen members, as follows: one
attorney for the Commonwealth for each congressional district in the
Commonwealth to be elected as provided in subsection C; the president, the
president-elect, the vice-president and the secretary-treasurer of the Virginia
Association of Commonwealth&#8217;s Attorneys, and the immediate past president
of the Virginia Association of Commonwealth&#8217;s Attorneys. The president of
the Association shall be the chairman of the Council; the president-elect and
vice-president shall be first and second vice-chairmen, respectively, and the
secretary-treasurer shall serve as secretary of the Council.

C. The initial terms of the members elected from congressional districts shall
be as follows: for the members from the odd-numbered districts, until July 1 of
the next following even-numbered year after their election; for the members from
the even-numbered districts, until July 1 of the next following odd-numbered
year after the election; thereafter, all terms shall be for two years.
			The election for members shall be held annually at the annual meeting of the
Virginia Association of Commonwealth&#8217;s Attorneys. One member shall be
elected initially, and every two years thereafter, from each of the several
congressional districts by the membership of the Association at large. Each such
member shall be an attorney for the Commonwealth holding office within his
congressional district.

D. Upon the termination of the office of any member as attorney for the
Commonwealth, his membership on the Council shall be terminated. Vacancies shall
be filled for the congressional district in which the former member resided for
the unexpired term by a majority vote of the Council. Members shall be eligible
for more than one term.

E. The Council shall establish its own bylaws, procedures and requirements with
respect to quorum, place and conduct of its meetings and its other business
matters, provided, that such bylaws shall include a provision that the Council
hold no less than ten meetings a year, and that other meetings be held when
called by the chairman, or, in the absence of the chairman, the first
vice-chairman, or upon the written request of four members.

F. Members of the Council shall receive no salaries but shall be reimbursed
their reasonable and necessary expenses incurred in the discharge of their
duties as provided in &#xA7; 2.2-2825.

HISTORY: 1978, c. 455, §§ 2.1-64.28:1, 2.1-64.28:2; 1984, c. 720; 1992, c. 81;
2001, c. 844.