                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

VIRGINIA CONFLICT OF INTEREST AND ETHICS ADVISORY COUNCIL; MEMBERSHIP; TERMS;
QUORUM; EXPENSES (§ 30-355)

A. The Virginia Conflict of Interest and Ethics Advisory Council (the Council)
is hereby created as an advisory council in the legislative branch to encourage
and facilitate compliance with the State and Local Government Conflict of
Interests Act (&#xA7; 2.2-3100 et seq.) and the General Assembly Conflicts of
Interests Act (&#xA7; 30-100 et seq.)(hereafter the Acts) and the lobbying laws
in Article 3 (&#xA7; 2.2-418 et seq.) of Chapter 4 of Title 2.2 (hereafter
Article 3).

B. The Council shall consist of nine members as follows: three members appointed
by the Speaker of the House of Delegates, two of whom shall be members of the
House of Delegates and one of whom shall be a former judge of a court of record;
three members appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules, two of whom shall be
members of the Senate and one of whom shall be a former judge of a court of
record; and three members appointed by the Governor, one of whom shall be a
current or former executive branch employee, one of whom shall be appointed from
a list of three nominees submitted by the Virginia Association of Counties, and
one of whom shall be appointed from a list of three nominees submitted by the
Virginia Municipal League. In the appointment to the Council of members of the
House of Delegates made by the Speaker and members of the Senate made by the
Senate Committee on Rules, equal representation shall be given to each of the
political parties having the highest and next highest number of members elected
to their respective body. All members of the Council are subject to confirmation
by the General Assembly by a majority vote in each house of (i) the members
present of the majority party and (ii) the members present of the minority
party.

C. All appointments following the initial staggering of terms shall be for terms
of four years, except that appointments to fill vacancies shall be for the
unexpired terms in the same manner as the original appointment. No
nonlegislative citizen member shall be eligible to serve for more than two
successive four-year terms. However, after the expiration of a term of three
years or less, or after the expiration of the remainder of a term to which
appointed to fill a vacancy, two additional terms may be served by such member
if appointed thereto. Legislative members and other state government officials
shall serve terms coincident with their terms of office. Legislative members may
be reappointed for successive terms.

D. The members of the Council shall elect from among their membership a chairman
and a vice-chairman for two-year terms. The chairman and vice-chairman may not
succeed themselves to the same position. The Council shall hold meetings upon
the call of the chairman or whenever the majority of the members so request. A
majority of the Council appointed shall constitute a quorum.

E. Members of the Council shall receive no compensation for their services but
shall be reimbursed for all reasonable and necessary expenses incurred in the
performance of their duties as provided in &#xA7;&#xA7; 2.2-2813, 2.2-2825, and
30-19.12, as appropriate. Funding for expenses of the members shall be provided
from existing appropriations to the Council.

HISTORY: 2014, cc. 792, 804; 2015, cc. 763, 777; 2019, cc. 323, 327.