                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

APPOINTMENT, TERM, COMPENSATION, AND EXPENSES OF MEMBERS OF SOUTHERN STATES
ENERGY BOARD (§ 2.2-5601)

The Commonwealth&#8217;s representatives to the Southern States Energy Board
shall be appointed in compliance with Article II of the Southern States Energy
Compact as follows: three members of the House of Delegates, of whom two shall
serve as alternates, to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Delegates;
three members of the Senate, of whom two shall serve as alternates, to be
appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules; and one nonlegislative citizen
member to be appointed by the Governor. Alternate legislative members appointed
by the Speaker of the House and the Senate Committee on Rules shall meet the
same qualifications as the principal legislative members appointed to serve.
Legislative members shall serve terms coincident with their terms of office and
shall not have the authority to designate an alternate in accordance with
Article II of the compact. The gubernatorial appointee shall serve at the
pleasure of the Governor. If any member appointed is the head of a department or
agency of the Commonwealth, he may designate a subordinate officer or employee
of his department or agency to serve in his stead as permitted by Article II A
of the compact and in conformity with any applicable bylaws of the Board. All
members may be reappointed for successive terms.
		Legislative members of the Board shall receive such compensation as provided
in § 30-19.12 and shall be reimbursed for all reasonable and necessary expenses
incurred in the performance of their duties as provided in §§ 2.2-2813 and
2.2-2825. The costs of compensation and expenses of the legislative members
shall be paid from appropriations to the Virginia Commission on
Intergovernmental Cooperation for the attendance of conferences. The
nonlegislative citizen member of the Board shall receive such compensation and
reimbursement for all his reasonable and necessary expenses in the performance
of his duties as may be appropriated or made available for such purposes.

HISTORY: 1962, c. 364, § 2-307; 1966, c. 677, § 2.1-337; 1979, c. 295; 2001,
c. 844; 2003, c. 885; 2004, c. 1000; 2014, c. 516.