                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

BOARD OF TRUSTEES (§ 23.1-3202)

A. The Museum shall be administered by a board of trustees (the board)
consisting of no more than 25 members. The members shall be appointed as
follows: five members of the House of Delegates by the Speaker of the House of
Delegates in accordance with the rules of proportional representation contained
in the Rules of the House of Delegates, three members of the Senate by the
Senate Committee on Rules, and nine nonlegislative citizen members by the
Governor. The Governor may appoint, upon recommendation of the board, up to
eight additional nonlegislative citizen members who may be nonresidents of the
Commonwealth.

B. Legislative members 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. All members may be reappointed.

C. The board shall elect a chairman, vice-chairman, and such other officers as
it deems necessary. The meetings of the board shall be held at the call of the
chairman or whenever the majority of the members so request. The board may
appoint an executive committee consisting of at least seven members for the
transaction of business in the recess of the board.

D. Nonlegislative citizen members shall receive no compensation for their
services. Legislative members shall be compensated as provided in &#xA7;
30-19.12. Members of the board 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 Museum.

HISTORY: 2000, c. 541, § 23-297; 2005, c. 758; 2016, c. 588.