                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

POWERS AND DUTIES OF COMMISSION (§ 30-172)

The Commission shall have the power and duty to:

1. Encourage and arrange conferences with officials of other states and other
units of government;

2. Carry forward the participation of Virginia as a member of the Council of
State Governments, both regionally and nationally;

3. Formulate proposals for cooperation between Virginia and other states;

4. Establish such committees as it deems advisable to conduct conferences and
formulate proposals concerning subjects of interstate cooperation;

5. Monitor and evaluate the Commonwealth&#8217;s participation in interstate
compacts;

6. Review, evaluate, and recommend suggested uniform state legislation;

7. Require, at its discretion, from any appointee representing Virginia on any
interstate compact, commission, committee, or board, a report on that
organization&#8217;s work and accomplishments;

8. Review, evaluate, and make recommendations concerning federal policies that
are of concern to the Commonwealth;

9. Establish such committees as deemed advisable and designate the members of
every such committee. State officials who are not members of the Commission may
be appointed as members of any such committee, but at least one member of the
Commission shall be a member of every such committee; and

10. Appoint persons drawn from the membership of the Senate, the membership of
the House of Delegates, and officials of state and local government to serve on
those intergovernmental boards, committees, and commissions as to which the
Commonwealth is entitled to such appointment, or is invited to make such
appointment, provided that members of the General Assembly shall be appointed as
follows:
			a. If an appointment be made from the membership of the Senate, such an
appointment shall be made by the Commission on Interstate Cooperation of the
Senate and shall be approved by the Chair of the Committee on Rules; and
			b. If an appointment be made from the membership of the House of Delegates,
such appointment shall be made 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.
			The Commission may provide such rules as it considers appropriate concerning
the membership and the functioning of any committee established.

HISTORY: 1936, p. 369; Michie Code 1942, § 311a; 1976, c. 61, § 9-53; 1978, c.
198; 1981, c. 308; 1999, c. 850; 2001, c. 844; 2002, c. 365; 2005, c. 758; 2016,
c. 194; 2018, c. 525.