                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

MEMBERSHIP; TERMS; VACANCIES; CHAIRMAN AND VICE-CHAIRMAN; QUORUM; MEETINGS;
VOTING (§ 62.1-69.47)

A. The Commission shall consist of 14 nonlegislative members as follows: two
members each of the local elected governing body of the Counties of Albemarle,
Fluvanna, and Greene, and the City of Charlottesville; two nonlegislative
citizen members, one each from the Culpeper Soil and Water Conservation District
and the Thomas Jefferson Soil and Water Conservation District; and four
nonlegislative citizen members at-large, one member each appointed by the local
elected governing body of the Counties of Albemarle, Fluvanna, and Greene, and
the City of Charlottesville, upon the recommendation of the Thomas Jefferson
Planning District Commission. All members recommended by the Thomas Jefferson
Planning District Commission and appointed to the Commission by the relevant
local elected governing bodies shall be citizens who demonstrate interest,
experience, or expertise in water-related Basin issues.

B. Members of the Commission who are local elected governing body officials or
members of the soil and water conservation districts shall serve terms
coincident with their terms of office. Initial appointments of the four
nonlegislative citizen-at-large members shall be staggered as follows: two
members for a term of two years; and two members for a term of four years.
Thereafter, nonlegislative citizen members shall be appointed for a term of four
years. Appointments to fill vacancies, other than by expiration of a term, shall
be for the unexpired terms. All members may be reappointed. However, no
nonlegislative citizen member shall serve more than two consecutive four-year
terms. The remainder of any term to which a nonlegislative citizen at-large
member is appointed to fill a vacancy shall not constitute a term in determining
the member&#8217;s eligibility for reappointment. Vacancies shall be filled in
the same manner as the original appointments.

C. The Commission shall elect a chairman and vice-chairman from among its
membership. A majority of the voting 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. Each member of the Commission shall have
an equal vote.

HISTORY: 2004, c. 394.