                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

 VIRGINIA GAS AND OIL BOARD; MEMBERSHIP; COMPENSATION (§ 45.2-1603)

A. The Virginia Gas and Oil Board is established as a policy board in the
executive branch of state government. The purpose of the Board is to carry out
the provisions of this chapter.

B. The Board shall have a total membership of seven members that shall consist
of six nonlegislative citizen members and one ex officio member. Nonlegislative
citizen members of the Board shall be appointed by the Governor, subject to
confirmation by the General Assembly, as follows: one who is a representative of
the gas and oil industry and not the coal industry, one who is a representative
of the coal industry and not the gas and oil industry, and four who are not
representatives of the gas, oil, or coal industry. The Director or his designee
shall serve ex officio with voting privileges. A chairman shall be designated by
the Governor from among the membership of the Board.

C. All vacancies occurring on the Board shall be filled in the same manner as
the original appointment within 60 days of the occurrence of the vacancy. The ex
officio member of the Board shall serve terms coincident with such
member&#8217;s term of office. Appointments to fill vacancies, other than by
expiration of a term, shall be for the unexpired terms. After the initial
staggering of terms, nonlegislative citizen members shall be appointed for a
term of six years from the day on which the term of their immediate predecessor
expired. All members may be reappointed. Nonlegislative citizen members of the
Board shall be citizens of the Commonwealth, and the Governor shall seek to
appoint persons who reside in localities with significant oil or gas production
or storage.

D. Each member of the Board shall receive compensation for the performance of
his 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. Funding for the costs
of compensation and expenses of the members shall be provided by the Department.

HISTORY: 1982, c. 347, § 45.1-295; 1985, c. 448; 1987, c. 452; 1988, c. 483;
1989, c. 529; 1990, c. 92, § 45.1-361.13; 1998, c. 159; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c.
387.