                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

MEMBERSHIP; TERMS; OFFICERS (§ 5.1-155)

A. The Authority shall consist of 17 members: seven appointed by the Governor of
the Commonwealth of Virginia, four appointed by the Mayor of the District of
Columbia, three appointed by the Governor of the State of Maryland, and three
appointed by the President of the United States. Members representing the
Commonwealth of Virginia shall be subject to confirmation by the Virginia
General Assembly. For the purposes of doing business, nine members shall
constitute a quorum. The failure of a single appointing official to appoint one
or more members, as herein provided, shall not impair the Authority&#8217;s
creation when the other conditions thereof have been met.

B. Members shall (i) not hold elective or appointive public office, (ii) serve
without compensation, and (iii) reside within the Washington Standard
Metropolitan Statistical Area, except that the members appointed by the
President of the United States shall be registered voters of states other than
Maryland, Virginia, or the District of Columbia. The members of the Authority
shall be entitled to reimbursement for their expenses incurred in attendance
upon the meetings of the Authority or while otherwise engaged in the discharge
of their duties.

C. Appointments to the Authority shall be for a period of six years. However,
initial appointments shall be made as follows: each jurisdiction shall appoint
one member for a full six-year term, a second member for a four-year term, and,
in the case of the Commonwealth and the District of Columbia, a third member for
a two-year term. The Governor of Virginia shall make the final two Virginia
initial appointments for one two-year and one four-year term. The President
shall make subsequent appointments for six-year terms. The President shall make
one of the initial appointments pursuant to the Metropolitan Washington Airports
Amendments Act of 1996 for a four-year term.

D. Ten affirmative votes shall be required to approve bond issues and the annual
budget of the Authority.

E. Each member may be removed or suspended from office only for cause, and in
accordance with the laws of the jurisdiction from which he is appointed.

F. The Authority shall annually elect one of its members as chairman and another
as vice-chairman and shall also elect annually a secretary and a treasurer, or a
secretary-treasurer, who may or may not be members of the Authority, and
prescribe their powers and duties. The Authority may also appoint from its staff
an assistant secretary and an assistant treasurer, or an assistant
secretary-treasurer, who shall, in addition to other duties, discharge such
functions of the secretary and the treasurer.

G. Any person appointed to fill a vacancy shall serve for the unexpired term.
Any member of the Authority shall be eligible for reappointment for one term. A
member shall not serve after the expiration of the member&#8217;s term or terms.

H. The members of the Authority, including any nonvoting members, shall not be
personally liable for any act done or action taken in their capacities as
members of the Authority, nor shall they be personally liable for any bond, note
or other evidence of indebtedness issued by the Authority.

HISTORY: 2001, c. 342; 2012, cc. 549, 712.