                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DEFINITIONS; COMPENSATION AND EXPENSE PAYMENTS FROM STATE FUNDS FOR SERVICE ON
COLLEGIAL BODIES (§ 2.2-2813)

A. As used in this chapter:
			&#8220;Compensation&#8221; means any amount paid in addition to reimbursement
for expenses.
			&#8220;Expenses&#8221; means all reasonable and necessary expenses incurred
in the performance of duties.
			&#8220;Salary&#8221; means a fixed compensation for services, paid to
part-time and full-time employees on a regular basis.

B. Subject to the provisions of subsections C and D, members of boards,
commissions, committees, councils and other collegial bodies, who are appointed
at the state level, shall be compensated at the rate of $50 per day, unless a
different rate of compensation is specified by statute for such members, plus
expenses for each day or portion thereof in which the member is engaged in the
business of that body. The funding for the compensation and reimbursement of
expenses of members shall be provided by the collegial body or, if funds are not
appropriated to the collegial body for such purpose, by the entity that supports
the work of the collegial body. The collegial body or supporting agency shall
reimburse the Clerk of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Delegates for
expenditures incurred in providing compensation and expenses of their respective
members for service on the collegial body.

C. Full-time employees of the Commonwealth or any of its local political
subdivisions, including full-time faculty members of public institutions of
higher education, shall be limited to reimbursement for such employee&#8217;s
expenses.

D. No member shall receive total compensation for a single day of more than one
payment of the highest per diem amount specified in subsection B for attending
meetings and for services performed that day for all boards, commissions, or
other similar bodies, of which such person is a member, including all
committees, subcommittees, or other related entities of such boards,
commissions, or other similar bodies. Whenever a member performs services or
attends two or more meetings in a single day for two or more boards,
commissions, etc., compensation and expenses shall be prorated among the bodies
served.

E. A nonlegislative member of a state board, commission, committee, council, or
other state collegial body, which body is required by law to meet at least three
times per year, shall, for any compensation or expense reimbursement from funds
drawn from the state treasury, be required to participate in the Electronic Data
Interchange Program administered or authorized by the Department of Accounts as
a condition of accepting such appointment.

HISTORY: 1980, c. 728, §§ 2.1-20.2, 2.1-20.3; 1981, c. 181; 1998, cc. 790,
872; 2001, cc. 227, 844; 2003, cc. 814, 821; 2011, c. 495.