                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

(EXPIRES JULY 1, 2027) MEMBERSHIP; TERMS; QUORUM; MEETINGS (§ 30-431)

The Commission shall have a total membership of 19 members that shall consist of
eight legislative members and 11 nonlegislative citizen members. Members shall
be appointed as follows: three members of the Senate, to be appointed by the
Senate Committee on Rules; five 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; five nonlegislative citizen members, one of whom is a researcher at
the university level, three of whom are representatives from community
organizations working toward ending hunger, and one of whom is a nutritionist,
to be appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules; and six nonlegislative citizen
members, one of whom is a researcher at the university level, one of whom is a
representative of the Secretary of Health and Human Services, two of whom are
representatives from community organizations working toward ending hunger, one
of whom is a high school junior or senior student representative from a public
school, and one of whom is a board-certified physician, to be appointed by the
Speaker of the House of Delegates. Nonlegislative citizen members of the
Commission shall be citizens of the Commonwealth.
		Legislative members of the Commission shall serve terms coincident with their
terms of office. Nonlegislative citizen members shall be appointed for a term of
two years. Appointments to fill vacancies, other than by expiration of a term,
shall be for the unexpired terms. Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner
as the original appointments. All members may be reappointed.
		No Senate member shall serve more than two consecutive four-year terms, no
House member shall serve more than four consecutive two-year terms, and no
nonlegislative citizen member appointed by the Speaker of the House of Delegates
or the Senate Committee on Rules shall serve more than four consecutive two-year
terms. The remainder of any term to which a member is appointed to fill a
vacancy shall not constitute a term in determining the member&#8217;s
eligibility for reappointment.
		The Commission shall elect a chairman and vice-chairman from among its
membership, who shall be members of the General Assembly. A majority of the
members shall constitute a quorum. The meetings of the Commission shall be held
at the call of the chairman or whenever the majority of the members so request.
		No recommendation of the Commission shall be adopted if a majority of the
House members or a majority of the Senate 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: 2024, c. 296.