                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

WINE BOARD; PURPOSE; COMPOSITION AND APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS; QUORUM; MEETINGS
(§ 3.2-3001)

A. The Wine Board is established within the Department. The purpose of the Wine
Board is to foster the development of the Virginia wine industry by expanding
viticulture and enological research, increasing education, and promoting the
production of grapes and wine in the Commonwealth.

B. The Wine Board shall consist of 10 members, nine of whom shall be voting
nonlegislative citizen members, to be appointed by the Governor, and the tenth
shall be the Commissioner, who shall serve as a nonvoting ex officio member.
Nonlegislative citizen members shall be citizens of the Commonwealth and shall
be either grape growers or owners or operators of a winery or farm winery in the
Commonwealth. The Governor shall make his appointments upon consideration of the
recommendations made by any grape grower, an owner or operator of a winery or
farm winery, or the following agricultural organizations or their successor
organizations: the Virginia Wineries Association, Inc.; the Virginia Vineyards
Association, Inc.; the Virginia Farm Bureau; and the Virginia Agribusiness
Council. Each entity or person shall submit two or more recommendations for each
available position at least 90 days before the expiration of the member&#8217;s
term for which the recommendation is being provided. If said entities or persons
fail to provide the nominations at least 90 days before the expiration date
pursuant to this section, the Governor may appoint other nominees that meet the
foregoing criteria.

C. A majority of the members of the Wine Board shall constitute a quorum, but a
two-thirds vote of the members present shall be required for passage of items
taken up by the Wine Board. The Wine Board shall meet at least four times each
year. The meetings of the Wine Board shall be held at the call of the chairman
or whenever the majority of the members so request.

HISTORY: 2004, cc. 89, 319, §§ 3.1-1064.2, 3.1-1064.3; 2008, c. 860; 2011, cc.
691, 714.