                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

REDISTRICTING COMMISSION SELECTION COMMITTEE; CHAIRMAN; QUORUM; COMPENSATION AND
EXPENSES (§ 30-393)

A. There shall be a Redistricting Commission Selection Committee established for
the purpose of selecting the citizen commissioners of the Virginia Redistricting
Commission. This committee shall consist of five retired judges of the circuit
courts of Virginia.

B. By November 15 of the year ending in zero, the Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court of Virginia shall certify to the Speaker of the House of Delegates, the
leader in the House of Delegates of the political party having the next highest
number of members in the House of Delegates, the President pro tempore of the
Senate of Virginia, and the leader in the Senate of Virginia of the political
party having the next highest number of members in the Senate of Virginia a list
of at least 10 retired judges of the circuit courts of Virginia who are willing
to serve on the Committee, and no retired judge who is a parent, spouse, child,
sibling, parent-in-law, child-in-law, or sibling-in-law of, or a cohabitating
member of a household with, a member of the Congress of the United States or of
the General Assembly shall be included in such list. In compiling this list, the
Chief Justice shall give consideration to the racial, ethnic, geographic, and
gender diversity of the Commonwealth. These members shall each select a judge
from the list and shall promptly, but not later than November 20, communicate
their selection to the Chief Justice, who shall immediately notify the four
judges selected. In making their selections, the members shall give
consideration to the racial, ethnic, geographic, and gender diversity of the
Commonwealth. Within three days of being notified of their selection, the four
judges shall select, by a majority vote, a judge from the list prescribed herein
to serve as the fifth member of the Committee, who shall serve as the chairman
of the Committee.
			A majority of the Committee members, which majority shall include the
chairman, shall constitute a quorum.
			The judges of the Committee shall serve until their successors are appointed.
If a judge cannot, for any reason, complete his term, the remaining judges shall
select a replacement from the list prescribed herein.

C. Members of the Committee shall receive compensation for their services and
shall be allowed all reasonable and necessary expenses incurred in the
performance of their duties as provided in &#xA7;&#xA7; 2.2-2813 and 2.2-2825.
The compensation and expenses of members and all other necessary expenses of the
Committee shall be provided from existing appropriations to the Commission.

D. All meetings and records of the Committee shall be subject to the Virginia
Freedom of Information Act (&#xA7; 2.2-3700 et seq.), except as provided in
subsection E of &#xA7; 30-394.

E. Notwithstanding the provisions of &#xA7; 1-210 regarding the computation of
time, if an act required by this section is to be performed on a Saturday,
Sunday, or legal holiday, or any day or part of a day on which the government
office where the act to be performed is closed, the act required shall be
performed on the first business day immediately preceding the Saturday, Sunday,
or legal holiday, or day on which the government office is closed.

F. Notwithstanding subsection C, or any other provision of law, the daily
compensation and reimbursement for reasonable and necessary expenses for
legislative and non-legislative members of the Virginia Redistricting Commission
for attendance at an official meeting shall be set at the same amounts provided
for legislative members in paragraphs B.4.d. and B.5. of Item 1 of Acts 2021,
Sp. Sess. I, c. 552.

HISTORY: 2020, Sp. Sess. I, c. 56; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 552; 2022, Sp. Sess. I,
c. 1.