                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

MEMBERSHIP; TERMS; VACANCIES; CHAIRMAN AND VICE-CHAIRMAN; QUORUM; MEETINGS;
VOTING ON RECOMMENDATIONS (§ 30-403)

The Commission shall consist of 12 legislative members, who shall be appointed
as follows: five members of the Senate, at least one of whom shall be a member
of the Senate Committee on Education and Health, at least one of whom shall be a
member of the Senate Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services, and at
least two of whom shall be members of the Senate Committee on Finance and
Appropriations, to be appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules and seven
members of the House of Delegates, at least three of whom shall be members of
the House Committee on Appropriations and at least two of whom shall be members
of the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions, 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.
		Members of the Commission shall serve terms coincident with their terms of
office. Members may be reappointed. Appointments to fill vacancies, other than
by expiration of a term, shall be for the unexpired term. Vacancies shall be
filled in the same manner as the original appointment.
		The Commission shall elect a chairman and a vice-chairman from among its
membership.
		A majority of the members of the Commission shall constitute a quorum.
Meetings of the Commission shall be held at the call of the chairman or whenever
the majority of the members of the Commission so request.
		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: 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 313; 2024, cc. 456, 496.