                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

BOARD OF TRUSTEES (§ 23.1-3108)

A. The Institute shall be governed by a 15-member board of trustees (the board)
that shall consist of 11 nonlegislative citizen members and four ex officio
members. Nonlegislative citizen members shall be appointed as follows: one
resident of the City of Danville, to be appointed by the Danville City Council;
one resident of Pittsylvania County, to be appointed by the Pittsylvania County
Board of Supervisors; and nine nonlegislative citizen members representing
business and industry who (i) reside in Southside Virginia, (ii) own a business
headquartered or otherwise operating in Southside Virginia, or (iii) serve as a
member of either the board of directors or senior management of a business
headquartered or otherwise operating in Southside Virginia, of whom three shall
be appointed by the Governor, three shall be appointed by the Senate Committee
on Rules, and three shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Delegates.
The presidents of Averett University, Danville Community College, and Virginia
Polytechnic Institute and State University or their designees and the chairman
of the Board of the Future of the Piedmont Foundation or his designee shall
serve ex officio with voting privileges. Nonlegislative citizen members of the
board shall be nonelected citizens of the Commonwealth.

B. Ex officio members of the board shall serve terms coincident with their terms
of office. Appointments shall be for terms of three 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.
			No nonlegislative citizen member shall serve more than two consecutive
three-year terms; however, a member appointed to serve an unexpired term is
eligible to serve two consecutive three-year terms immediately succeeding such
unexpired term.

C. The board shall elect a chairman and vice-chairman from among its membership
and may establish bylaws as necessary.

D. Members of the board are not entitled to receive compensation. All members
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 cost of expenses of the members shall be provided by the
Institute.

HISTORY: 2002, cc. 581, 620, § 23-231.20; 2004, cc. 856, 889, 1000; 2015, c.
141; 2016, c. 588.