                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

BOARD OF TRUSTEES (§ 23.1-3121)

A. The Center shall be governed by a board of trustees (the board) consisting of
15 members as follows: two 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; the
Executive Director of the Council or his designee; the Chancellor of the
Virginia Community College System or his designee; the presidents of Longwood
University, Danville Community College, and Southside Virginia Community College
or their designees; and seven nonlegislative citizen members to be appointed by
the Governor, including two members of the Southern Virginia Higher Education
Foundation, one superintendent of a local school division located in the
Southside region, and four representatives of business and industry. The Speaker
of the House of Delegates may appoint an alternate for one delegate appointed to
the board. The alternate shall serve a term coincident with the term of the
delegate and has the power to act in his absence. The Senate Committee on Rules
may appoint an alternate for the senator appointed to the board. The alternate
shall serve a term coincident with the term of the senator and may act in his
absence.
			Nonlegislative citizen members of the board shall be chosen from among
residents of the Southside region of the Commonwealth and shall be citizens of
the Commonwealth. However, an individual who does not reside in the Southside
region may serve as a representative of business and industry if he either (i)
owns a business headquartered or otherwise operating in the Southside region or
(ii) serves as a member of the board of directors or senior management of a
business headquartered or otherwise operating in the Southside region.

B. Legislative members and the representatives of the Council, the System, and
the named institutions of higher education shall serve terms coincident with
their terms of office. Nonlegislative citizen members shall be appointed for
terms of four 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 is eligible to serve more than two
consecutive four-year terms; however, a member appointed to serve an unexpired
term is eligible to serve two consecutive four-year terms immediately succeeding
such unexpired term.

C. Nonlegislative citizen members are not entitled to compensation for their
services. Legislative members of the board shall be compensated as provided in
&#xA7; 30-19.12. All members of the board shall be reimbursed for all reasonable
and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties in the work
of the Center as provided in &#xA7;&#xA7; 2.2-2813 and 2.2-2825. The funding for
the costs of compensation and expenses of the members shall be provided by the
Center.

D. The board shall elect a chairman and a vice-chairman from among its
membership.

HISTORY: 2005, cc. 774, 799, § 23-231.25; 2006, c. 160; 2016, c. 588; 2017, cc.
236, 305; 2025, c. 144.