                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

HORSE INDUSTRY BOARD; COMPOSITION AND APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS; QUORUM (§
3.2-1700)

The Horse Industry Board, established by the passage of a referendum held
pursuant to Chapters 790 and 805 of the Acts of Assembly of 1993, is continued
within the Department. The Horse Industry Board shall consist of 12 members
representing the horse industry, industry support services, education, and
equine health. Four members shall be the presidents of the following industry
organizations: the Virginia Horse Council, Inc., the Virginia Thoroughbred
Association, the Virginia Horse Shows Association, and the Virginia Quarter
Horse Association. Four members shall serve at large, to be appointed by the
Governor from nominations made by the remaining statewide horse breed or use
organizations. The Governor shall also appoint two members from recommendations
submitted by the Virginia horse industry: one shall be a representative of the
horse industry support services or professional community (feed manufacturing or
sales, pharmaceutical sales, horseshoeing, marketing, veterinary services, etc.)
and the other shall be an individual commercially involved in the horse industry
(manager, trainer, etc.). Each organization shall submit nominations or
recommendations for each available position. If the organizations fail to
provide the nominations, the Governor may appoint other nominees that meet the
foregoing criteria.
		An extension equine specialist from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State
University shall serve as a voting member of the Horse Industry Board. The
Commissioner shall serve as a nonvoting member.
		Seven members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
		The presidents of the Virginia Horse Council, Inc., the Virginia Thoroughbred
Association, the Virginia Horse Shows Association, and the Virginia Quarter
Horse Association may each designate in writing a member of his organization as
an alternate who may attend meetings in his place and be counted as a member of
the Horse Industry Board for the purposes of a quorum and for voting.

HISTORY: 2005, cc. 497, 588, § 3.1-22.54; 2008, c. 860; 2011, cc. 691, 714;
2016, c. 565.