Title 30. General Assembly
Chapter 70. Virginia Boys and Men Advisory Commission
§ 30-454. Virginia Boys and Men Advisory Commission; membership; terms; quorum; meetings.
A. The Virginia Boys and Men Advisory Commission (the Commission) is established as an advisory commission in the legislative branch of state government.
B. The Commission shall have a total membership of 18 members that shall consist of 10 legislative members and eight nonlegislative citizen members. Members shall be appointed as follows:
1. Six members of the House of Delegates 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;
2. Four members of the Senate to be appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules; and
3. Eight nonlegislative citizen members to be appointed by the Governor, of whom at least one shall have experience as an elementary or high school administrator, one shall have professional experience within the Virginia Community College System, one shall be a licensed pediatrician, one shall have experience and expertise in public safety, one shall be a board-certified mental health specialist, and one shall be a representative of the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, a representative of the Department of Education with a focus on career and technical education, or a member of the Virginia Economic Development Partnership. Nonlegislative citizen members of the Commission shall be citizens of the Commonwealth.
C. Legislative members of the Commission shall serve terms coincident with their terms of office. Appointments to fill vacancies, other than by expiration of a term, shall be for the unexpired terms. Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointments. All members may be reappointed.
After the initial staggering of terms, nonlegislative citizen members shall be appointed for a term of four years. No nonlegislative citizen member shall serve more than two consecutive four-year terms. The remainder of any term to which a member is appointed to fill a vacancy shall not constitute a term in determining the member's eligibility for reappointment.
D. The Commission shall elect a chair and vice-chair from among its membership, who shall be members of the General Assembly. A majority of the legislative members of the Commission shall constitute a quorum. The meetings of the Commission shall be held at the call of the chair or whenever the majority of the members so request.
