                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

BOARD OF VETERANS SERVICES; MEMBERSHIP; TERMS; QUORUM; COMPENSATION; STAFF (§
2.2-2452)

A. The Board of Veterans Services (the 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 have a total membership of 26 members, including
seven legislative members, 15 nonlegislative citizen members, and four ex
officio members. Members shall be appointed as follows: four 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; three members of the Senate to be appointed by
the Senate Committee on Rules; and 15 nonlegislative citizen members to be
appointed by the Governor. The Commissioner of the Department of Veterans
Services, the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Veterans Services
Foundation, the Chairman of the Joint Leadership Council of Veterans Service
Organizations, and the Chairman of the Virginia War Memorial Foundation, or
their designees, shall serve ex officio with full voting privileges.
Nonlegislative citizen members of the Board shall be citizens of the
Commonwealth.
			In making appointments, the Governor shall endeavor to ensure a balanced
geographical representation on the Board, while at the same time selecting
appointees of such qualifications and experience as will allow them to develop
reasonable and effective policy recommendations related to (i) the services
provided to veterans of the Armed Forces of the United States and their eligible
spouses, orphans, and dependents by the Department of Veterans Services and (ii)
the mission of the Virginia War Memorial.			Legislative members and the
Commissioner of the Department of Veterans Services shall serve terms coincident
with their terms of office. 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 House member shall serve more than six consecutive
two-year terms, and no Senate member shall serve more than three consecutive
four-year terms. No nonlegislative citizen member shall serve more than two
consecutive four-year terms; however, a nonlegislative citizen member appointed
to serve an unexpired term is eligible to serve two consecutive four-year terms
immediately succeeding such unexpired term.			The remainder of any term to which
a 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.

B. The Board shall select a chairman and vice-chairman from its membership. The
Commissioner of the Department of Veterans Services shall not be eligible to
serve as chairman. The Board shall meet at least three times a year at such
times as it deems appropriate or on call of the chairman. A majority of the
members of the Board shall constitute a quorum.

C. The Board shall organize itself in such a way as to allow it to fulfill its
powers and duties.

D. The Department of Veterans Services shall provide staff to assist the Board
in its administrative, planning, and procedural duties.

HISTORY: 2003, cc. 657, 670; 2004, c. 697; 2005, c. 758; 2008, cc. 467, 768;
2010, c. 64; 2012, cc. 33, 162; 2015, c. 319; 2017, cc. 89, 501; 2019, cc. 40,
204.