                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

VIRGINIA ROANOKE RIVER BASIN ADVISORY COMMITTEE ESTABLISHED; PURPOSE;
MEMBERSHIP; TERMS; MEETINGS (§ 62.1-69.34)

A. The Virginia Roanoke River Basin Advisory Committee, hereinafter referred to
as the &#8220;Committee,&#8221; is hereby established in the executive branch of
state government as an advisory committee to the Virginia delegation to the
Roanoke River Basin Bi-State Commission. The Committee shall assist the
delegation in fulfilling its duties and carrying out the objectives of the
Commission, pursuant to &#xA7; 62.1-69.39. The advisory committee shall be
composed of 23 members as follows: two members of the Senate, whose districts
include a part of the Virginia portion of the Roanoke River Basin, to be
appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules; four members of the House of
Delegates, whose districts include a part of the Virginia portion of the Roanoke
River Basin, 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; one nonlegislative citizen member at large
appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules; one nonlegislative citizen member at
large appointed by the Speaker of the House of Delegates; 11 nonlegislative
citizen members selected by the legislative members of the advisory committee
such that two are chosen from recommendations of each of the following: the
Central Virginia Planning District Commission, the West Piedmont Planning
District Commission, the Southside Planning District Commission, the Piedmont
Planning District Commission, and the Roanoke Valley Alleghany Planning District
Commission; and one member selected by the legislative members of the advisory
committee from among recommendations submitted by the New River Valley Planning
District Commission; and the Virginia member of the United States House of
Representatives, whose district includes the largest portion of the Basin, or
his designee, and three representatives of the State of North Carolina appointed
in a manner as the General Assembly of North Carolina may determine appropriate.
Except for the representatives of North Carolina, all nonlegislative citizen
members shall be citizens of the Commonwealth of Virginia. The Virginia member
of the United States House of Representatives, the members of the Virginia
General Assembly, and the representatives of North Carolina shall serve ex
officio without voting privileges. Of the recommendations submitted by planning
district commissions authorized to recommend two members, one member shall be a
nonlegislative citizen who resides within the respective planning district.
However, the New River Valley Planning District Commission may recommend either
one nonlegislative citizen at large who resides within the planning district or
one member, who at the time of the recommendation, is serving as an elected
member or an employee of a local governing body, or one member of the board of
directors or an employee of the planning district commission. All persons
recommended by the planning district commissions to serve as members of the
advisory committee shall reside within the Basin&#8217;s watershed, represent
the diversity of interests in the jurisdictions comprising the respective
planning district commissions, and demonstrate interest, experience, or
expertise in water-related Basin issues.

B. State and federal legislative members and local government officials
appointed to the advisory committee shall serve terms coincident with their
terms of office. Nonlegislative citizen members appointed by the Senate
Committee on Rules and the Speaker of the House of Delegates to serve on the
advisory committee, and ex officio members representing the State of North
Carolina shall serve a term of two years. Initially, planning district
commissions authorized to recommend two nonlegislative citizen members to the
advisory committee shall recommend one member for a term of two years and one
member for a term of one year. However, the nonlegislative citizen member
recommended to serve on the advisory committee by the New River Valley Planning
District Commission shall serve a term of one year. After the initial staggering
of terms, the term of office of nonlegislative citizen members recommended by
the planning district commissions shall be for two years. Nonlegislative citizen
members recommended by planning district commissions shall be eligible for
reappointment, if such members shall have attended at least one-half of all
meetings of the Commission during their current term of service. Appointments to
fill vacancies, other than by expiration of a term, shall be made for the
unexpired terms. Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as the original
appointment.
			The advisory committee shall elect a chairman and a vice-chairman from among
its voting members. A majority of the voting members shall constitute a quorum.
The meetings of the advisory committee shall be held at the call of the chairman
or whenever the majority of the voting members so request.

HISTORY: 2002, cc. 657, 843; 2003, c. 885; 2004, c. 403; 2010, cc. 394, 729.