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This law was first created in 2012. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 777<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1427521,"object_type":"law","relational_id":358705,"identifier":"30-337","token":"30\/52\/30-337","url":"\/30-337\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/30-337\/","token":"30\/52\/30-337","dublin_core":{"Title":"Membership; terms; vacancies; chairman and vice-chairman; quorum; meetings; compensation","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 30-337","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Joint Subcommittee shall have a total membership of 14 legislative members that shall consist of eight members of the House of Delegates and six members of the Senate. Members shall be appointed as follows: eight members of the House of Delegates, of which six shall be members of the House Committee on Finance and two shall be members of the House Committee on Appropriations to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Delegates, upon the recommendation of the Chairman of the House Committee on Appropriations and the Chairman of the House Committee on Finance, respectively; and six members of the Senate to be appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules, upon the recommendation of the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations.<\/p>

Members 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. Members may be reappointed. Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointments.<\/p>

The Joint Subcommittee shall elect a chairman and vice-chairman from among its membership.<\/p>

A majority of the members shall constitute a quorum. The meetings of the Joint Subcommittee shall be held at the call of the chairman or whenever the majority of the members so request.<\/p>

No recommendation of the Joint Subcommittee shall be adopted if a majority of the House members or a majority of the Senate members appointed to the Joint Subcommittee (i) vote against the recommendation and (ii) vote for the recommendation to fail notwithstanding the majority vote of the Joint Subcommittee.<\/p>

Members of the Joint Subcommittee shall receive such compensation and shall be reimbursed for reasonable and necessary expenses as provided in the general appropriation act.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nMEMBERSHIP; TERMS; VACANCIES; CHAIRMAN AND VICE-CHAIRMAN; QUORUM; MEETINGS;\nCOMPENSATION (\u00a7 30-337)\n\nThe Joint Subcommittee shall have a total membership of 14 legislative members\nthat shall consist of eight members of the House of Delegates and six members of\nthe Senate. Members shall be appointed as follows: eight members of the House of\nDelegates, of which six shall be members of the House Committee on Finance and\ntwo shall be members of the House Committee on Appropriations to be appointed by\nthe Speaker of the House of Delegates, upon the recommendation of the Chairman\nof the House Committee on Appropriations and the Chairman of the House Committee\non Finance, respectively; and six members of the Senate to be appointed by the\nSenate Committee on Rules, upon the recommendation of the Chairman of the Senate\nCommittee on Finance and Appropriations.\n\nMembers shall serve terms coincident with their terms of office. Appointments to\nfill vacancies, other than by expiration of a term, shall be for the unexpired\nterms. Members may be reappointed. Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner\nas the original appointments.\n\nThe Joint Subcommittee shall elect a chairman and vice-chairman from among its\nmembership.\n\nA majority of the members shall constitute a quorum. The meetings of the Joint\nSubcommittee shall be held at the call of the chairman or whenever the majority\nof the members so request.\n\nNo recommendation of the Joint Subcommittee shall be adopted if a majority of\nthe House members or a majority of the Senate members appointed to the Joint\nSubcommittee (i) vote against the recommendation and (ii) vote for the\nrecommendation to fail notwithstanding the majority vote of the Joint\nSubcommittee.\n\nMembers of the Joint Subcommittee shall receive such compensation and shall be\nreimbursed for reasonable and necessary expenses as provided in the general\nappropriation act.\n\nHISTORY: 2012, c. 777.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}