                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

MEMBERSHIP; QUALIFICATIONS; TERMS; VACANCIES; OFFICERS; COMPENSATION (§
2.2-2735)

A. The Foundation shall be administered by a board of trustees, consisting of 23
members as follows: two members of the Senate to be appointed by the Senate
Committee on Rules; 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;
two nonlegislative citizen members who shall be residents of Southwest Virginia
and two nonlegislative citizen members who shall be executive directors of
either Planning District Commission 1, 2, 3, 4, or 12 or their designees, to be
appointed by the Governor; one nonlegislative citizen member who shall be an
elected or appointed official of the Town of Abingdon to be appointed by the
Governor upon the recommendation, if any, of the Abingdon Town Council; one
nonlegislative citizen member who shall be an elected or appointed official of
Washington County to be appointed by the Governor upon the recommendation, if
any, of the Washington County Board of Supervisors; four nonlegislative citizen
members who shall be artisans and members of &#8216;Round the Mountain, who
shall be appointed by the Governor upon the recommendation of the executive
committee of &#8216;Round the Mountain; and one nonlegislative citizen member
who shall represent the Ninth Congressional District and serve as a member of
the Virginia Commission for the Arts, to be appointed by the Governor upon the
recommendation, if any, of the Executive Director of the Virginia Commission for
the Arts. The President of Virginia Highlands Community College or his designee
shall serve ex officio with nonvoting privileges. The Chairman of The Crooked
Road, the Chairman of &#8216;Round the Mountain, the Chairman of the Friends of
Southwest Virginia, the Director of the Virginia Department of Housing and
Community Development, the Director of the Virginia Tourism Corporation, and the
Executive Director of the Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center or their
designees shall serve ex officio with voting privileges.

B. Legislative members and ex officio members of the Foundation board of
trustees 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 term. Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as the original
appointments. All members may be reappointed.

C. No House member shall serve more than four consecutive two-year terms, no
Senate member shall serve more than two consecutive four-year terms, and 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. Legislative members shall receive such compensation as provided in &#xA7;
30-19.12. All members of the Foundation shall be reimbursed for all reasonable
and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties as provided
in &#xA7;&#xA7; 2.2-2813 and 2.2-2825. Funding for the costs of compensation and
expenses of the members shall be provided by the Department of Housing and
Community Development.

E. The Foundation shall elect a chairman and a vice-chairman from among its
members and may appoint such other officers as it deems necessary. The
Foundation shall appoint an executive committee and such other committees as it
deems necessary to oversee personnel and other areas related to operations and
the achievement of the goals of the Foundation.

HISTORY: 2011, cc. 521, 548; 2013, c. 447.