                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

VIRGINIA SPIRITS BOARD; PURPOSE; COMPOSITION AND APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS; QUORUM;
MEETING (§ 3.2-3008)

A. The Virginia Spirits Board is established within the Department. The purpose
of the Board is to foster the development of the Virginia spirits industry by
expanding spirits research, increasing education, and promoting the production
of ingredients necessary for alcohol distillation and the production of spirits
in the Commonwealth.

B. The Board shall consist of 11 members as follows: the Commissioner and the
Chief Executive Officer of the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority,
both of whom shall serve ex officio without voting privileges, or their
designees, and nine voting nonlegislative citizen members to be appointed by the
Governor, three of whom shall be coopers or maltsters and six of whom shall be
owners or operators of a distillery in the Commonwealth. Nonlegislative citizen
members shall be citizens of the Commonwealth. The Governor shall make his
appointments upon consideration of the recommendations made by any cooper or
maltster or any owner or operator of a distillery. 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 such 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 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 Board. The Board shall meet at least four times each year. The
meetings of the Board shall be held at the call of the chairman or whenever the
majority of the members so request.

HISTORY: 2020, cc. 85, 410.