                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

SMALL BUSINESS COMMISSION; PURPOSE; MEMBERSHIP; TERMS; COMPENSATION AND
EXPENSES; STAFF; VOTING ON RECOMMENDATIONS (§ 30-182)

A. The Small Business Commission (the Commission) is established in the
legislative branch of state government. The purpose of the Commission shall be
to study, report and make recommendations on issues of concern to small
businesses in the Commonwealth.

B. The Commission shall consist of 16 members that include 10 legislative
members and six nonlegislative citizen members. Members shall be appointed as
follows: six members of the House of Delegates to be appointed 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; four members of
the Senate to be appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules; and six
nonlegislative citizen members, each of whom shall have previously demonstrated
small business experience or expertise, to be appointed by the Governor.
Nonlegislative citizen members shall be citizens of the Commonwealth.
			All gubernatorial appointments to the Commission shall be for terms of two
years. Legislative members shall serve terms coincident to their terms of
office. All members may be reappointed for successive terms. Appointments to
fill vacancies, other than by expiration of a term, shall be made for the
unexpired terms. Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as the original
appointments.

C. The members of the Commission shall elect a chairman and a vice-chairman
annually, who shall be members of the General Assembly. A majority of the
members of the Commission shall constitute a quorum. The Commission shall meet
at the call of the chairman or whenever a majority of the members so request.

D. Legislative members of the Commission shall receive such compensation as is
set forth in &#xA7; 30-19.12, and nonlegislative citizen members shall receive
such compensation for the performance of their duties as provided in &#xA7;
2.2-2813. All members 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. However, all such compensation and expenses shall be paid
from existing appropriations to the Commission.

E. Administrative staff support shall be provided by the Office of the Clerk of
the Senate or the Office of Clerk of the House of Delegates as may be
appropriate for the house in which the chairman of the Commission serves. The
Division of Legislative Services shall provide legal, research, policy analysis
and other services as requested by the Commission. All agencies of the
Commonwealth shall assist the Commission, upon request.

F. No recommendation of the Commission shall be adopted if a majority of the
Senate members or a majority of the House members appointed to the Commission
(i) vote against the recommendation and (ii) vote for the recommendation to fail
notwithstanding the majority vote of the Commission.

HISTORY: 1995, cc. 735, 783, §§ 9-336, 9-337, 9-339; 2001, c. 844; 2003, c.
885; 2004, c. 1000; 2012, cc. 803, 835.