                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

AEROSPACE ADVISORY COUNCIL; PURPOSE; MEMBERSHIP; COMPENSATION; CHAIRMAN (§
2.2-2699.1)

A. The Aerospace Advisory Council (the Council) is established as an advisory
council, within the meaning of &#xA7; 2.2-2100, in the executive branch of state
government. The purpose of the Council shall be to advise the Governor, the
Joint Commission on Technology and Science, and the Secretaries of Commerce and
Trade, and Education on policy and funding priorities with respect to aerospace
economic development, workforce training, educational programs, and educational
curriculum. The Council shall suggest strategies to attract and promote the
development of existing aerospace companies, new aerospace companies, federal
aerospace agencies, aerospace research, venture and human capital, and applied
research and technology that contribute to the growth and development of the
aerospace sector in the Commonwealth.

B. The Council shall have a total membership of 20 members that shall consist of
four legislative members, nine nonlegislative citizen members, and seven ex
officio members. Members shall be appointed as follows: three 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; one member of the Senate, to be appointed by
the Senate Committee on Rules; and nine nonlegislative citizen members, of whom
one shall represent the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport, one shall represent Old
Dominion University, one shall represent the University of Virginia, one shall
represent Virginia Tech, and five shall represent aerospace companies or
suppliers within the Commonwealth, to be appointed by the Governor, and serve
with voting privileges. The Director of the Department of Aviation, Director of
the National Institute of Aerospace, President and CEO of the Virginia Tourism
Authority, Director of the Virginia Space Grant Consortium, and President and
CEO of the Virginia Economic Development Partnership, or their designees, shall
serve as ex officio members with voting privileges. A representative of NASA
Wallops Flight Facility and a representative of NASA&#8217;s Langley Research
Center shall be requested to serve by the Governor as ex officio members with
nonvoting privileges. Nonlegislative citizen members of the Council shall be
citizens of the Commonwealth.
			Legislative members and ex officio members shall serve terms coincident with
their terms of office. Other members shall be appointed for terms of two years.
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.

C. Legislative members of the Council shall receive such compensation as
provided in &#xA7; 30-19.12. Nonlegislative citizen members shall serve without
compensation or reimbursement for reasonable and necessary expenses. Funding for
compensation and expenses of legislative members shall be provided by the
operating budgets of the Clerk of the House of Delegates and the Clerk of the
Senate upon approval of the Joint Rules Committee. All other expenses of the
Council shall be provided by the Department of Aviation.

D. The Council shall elect a chairman and a vice-chairman annually from among
its legislative membership. A majority of the members shall constitute a quorum.
The Council shall meet at such times as may be called by the chairman or a
majority of the Council.

E. Staff to the Council shall be provided by the Department of Aviation. The
Division of Legislative Services shall provide additional staff support to
legislative members serving on the Council.

HISTORY: 2007, c. 891; 2008, c. 745; 2009, cc. 485, 633; 2010, cc. 339, 836;
2011, cc. 540, 691, 714; 2020, c. 738.