                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES BOARD MEMBERSHIP; TERMS; VACANCIES; MEMBERS NOT
DISQUALIFIED FROM HOLDING OTHER OFFICES; DESIGNATION OF CHAIRMEN; MEETINGS;
COMPENSATION (§ 9.1-108)

A. The Criminal Justice Services Board is established as a policy board within
the meaning of &#xA7; 2.2-2100, in the executive branch of state government. The
Board shall consist of 32 members as follows: the Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court of Virginia, or his designee; the Attorney General or his designee; the
Superintendent of the Department of State Police; the Director of the Department
of Corrections; the Director of the Department of Juvenile Justice; the Chairman
of the Parole Board; the Executive Director of the Virginia Indigent Defense
Commission or his designee; and the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court of
Virginia. In those instances in which the Executive Secretary of the Supreme
Court of Virginia, the Superintendent of the Department of State Police, the
Director of the Department of Corrections, the Director of the Department of
Juvenile Justice, or the Chairman of the Parole Board will be absent from a
Board meeting, he may appoint a member of his staff to represent him at the
meeting.
			Twenty members shall be appointed by the Governor from among citizens of the
Commonwealth. At least one shall be a representative of a crime victims&#8217;
organization or a victim of crime as defined in subsection B of &#xA7;
19.2-11.01, one shall be a representative of a social justice organization that
is engaged in advancing inclusion and human rights, one shall be a mental health
service provider, and two shall represent community interests, at least one of
whom shall represent the community interests of minority individuals from one of
the four groups defined in subsection F of &#xA7; 2.2-4310. The remainder shall
be representative of the broad categories of state and local governments,
criminal justice systems, and law-enforcement agencies, including but not
limited to, police officials, sheriffs, attorneys for the Commonwealth, defense
counsel, the judiciary, correctional and rehabilitative activities, and other
locally elected and appointed administrative and legislative officials. Among
these members there shall be two sheriffs representing the Virginia
Sheriffs&#8217; Association selected from among names submitted by the
Association; one member who is an active duty law-enforcement officer appointed
after consideration of the names, if any, submitted by police or fraternal
associations that have memberships of at least 1,000; two representatives of the
Virginia Association of Chiefs of Police appointed after consideration of the
names submitted by the Association, if any; one attorney for the Commonwealth
appointed after consideration of the names submitted by the Virginia Association
of Commonwealth&#8217;s Attorneys, if any; one person who is a mayor, city or
town manager, or member of a city or town council representing the Virginia
Municipal League appointed after consideration of the names submitted by the
League, if any; one person who is a county executive, manager, or member of a
county board of supervisors representing the Virginia Association of Counties
appointed after consideration of the names submitted by the Association, if any;
one member representing the Virginia Association of Campus Law Enforcement
Administrators appointed after consideration of the names submitted by the
Association, if any; one member of the Private Security Services Advisory Board;
and one representative of the Virginia Association of Regional Jails appointed
after consideration of the names submitted by the Association, if any.
			Four members of the Board shall be members of the General Assembly appointed
as follows: one member of the House Committee on Appropriations appointed by the
Speaker of the House of Delegates after consideration of the recommendation by
the committee&#8217;s Chairman; one member of the House Committee for Courts of
Justice appointed by the Speaker of the House of Delegates after consideration
of the recommendation by the committee&#8217;s Chairman; one member of the
Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations appointed by the Senate Committee
on Rules after consideration of the recommendation of the Chairman of the Senate
Committee on Finance and Appropriations; and one member of the Senate Committee
for Courts of Justice appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules after
consideration of the recommendation of the Chairman of the Senate Committee for
Courts of Justice. The legislative members shall serve terms coincident with
their terms of office and shall serve as ex officio, nonvoting members.
Legislative members may be reappointed for successive terms.

B. The members of the Board appointed by the Governor shall serve for terms of
four years, provided that no member shall serve beyond the time when he holds
the office or employment by reason of which he was initially eligible for
appointment. Gubernatorial appointed members of the Board shall not be eligible
to serve for more than two consecutive full terms. Three or more years within a
four-year period shall be deemed a full term. Any vacancy on the Board shall be
filled in the same manner as the original appointment, but for the unexpired
term.

C. The Governor shall appoint a chairman of the Board for a two-year term. No
member shall be eligible to serve more than two consecutive terms as chairman.
The Board shall designate one or more vice-chairmen from among its members, who
shall serve at the pleasure of the Board.

D. Notwithstanding any provision of any statute, ordinance, local law, or
charter provision to the contrary, membership on the Board shall not disqualify
any member from holding any other public office or employment, or cause the
forfeiture thereof.

E. The Board shall hold no less than four regular meetings a year. Subject to
the requirements of this subsection, the chairman shall fix the times and places
of meetings, either on his own motion or upon written request of any five
members of the Board.

F. The Board may adopt bylaws for its operation.

G. Legislative members of the Board shall receive such compensation as provided
in &#xA7; 30-19.12 and nonlegislative citizen members shall receive such
compensation as provided in &#xA7; 2.2-2813 for the performance of their duties.
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 of Criminal Justice Services.

HISTORY: 1981, c. 632, § 9-168; 1984, cc. 30, 515, 538, 734; 1986, c. 519;
1987, c. 144; 1989, c. 733; 1990, c. 98; 1991, cc. 59, 685; 1993, c. 415; 1994,
cc. 20, 226; 1997, cc. 32, 795, 883; 1999, c. 495; 2001, c. 844; 2004, c. 1000;
2005, cc. 594, 672; 2011, cc. 594, 681, 691, 714; 2012, cc. 803, 835; 2017, c.
206; 2020, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 28, 37; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 467.