                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

 BOARD OF THE AUTHORITY (§ 45.2-2104)

A. The Authority shall be governed by a board of directors consisting of 17
members appointed as follows:

   1. The Director or his designee;

   2. The President and Chief Executive Officer of the Virginia Economic
   Development Partnership or his designee;

   3. The Chancellor of the Virginia Community College System or his designee;

   4. The President of Virginia Commonwealth University or his designee;

   5. The President of the University of Virginia or his designee;

   6. The President of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University or his
   designee;

   7. The President of George Mason University or his designee;

   8. Two individuals, each representing a single institution of higher education
   in the Commonwealth that is not already represented on the Board. At least one
   of the institutions shall be a private institution of higher education;

   9. Six individuals, each representing a single business entity located in the
   Commonwealth that is engaged in activities directly related to the nuclear
   energy industry;

   10. One individual representing a nuclear energy-related nonprofit
   organization; and

   11. One individual representing a Commonwealth-based federal research
   laboratory.

B. The members of the Board described in subdivisions A 1 through 7 shall serve
terms coincident with their terms of office.

C. The 10 members of the Board described in subdivisions A 8 through 11 shall be
appointed by the Governor. After the initial staggering of terms, such members
shall be appointed for terms of four years. Vacancies in the membership of the
Board shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointments for the
unexpired portion of the term. Members of the Board described in subdivisions A
8 through 11 may serve two successive terms on the Board.

D. Any appointment to fill a vacancy on the Board shall be made for the
unexpired term of the member whose death, resignation, or removal created the
vacancy.

E. Meetings of the Board shall be held at the call of the chairman or any seven
members. Nine members of the Board constitute a quorum for the transaction of
the business of the Authority. An act of the majority of the members of the
Board present at any regular or special meeting at which a quorum is present is
an act of the Board.

F. Immediately after appointment, the members of the Board shall enter upon the
performance of their duties.

G. The Board shall annually elect from among its members a chairman, a
vice-chairman, and a treasurer. The Board shall also elect annually a secretary,
who need not be a member of the Board, and may also elect such other subordinate
officers, who need not be members of the Board, as it deems proper. The
chairman, or in his absence the vice-chairman, shall preside at each meeting of
the Board. In the absence of both the chairman and vice-chairman, the Board
shall appoint a chairman pro tempore who shall preside at such meeting.

H. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, no officer or employee of
the Commonwealth shall be deemed to have forfeited or shall forfeit his office
or employment by reason of acceptance of membership on the Board or by providing
service to the Authority or to the Consortium.

I. On or before November 15 of each year, the Authority shall submit its updated
strategic plan, an annual summary of its activities, and recommendations for the
support and expansion of the nuclear energy industry in Virginia to the Governor
and the Chairmen of the House Committee on Appropriations, the Senate Committee
on Finance and Appropriations, the House Committee on Labor and Commerce, and
the Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor.

HISTORY: 2013, cc. 57, 394, § 67-1403; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 387.