Bill Text: VA HB1178 | 2024 | Regular Session | Prefiled
Bill Title: Commonwealth of Virginia Innovation Partnership Authority; amends membership of board of directors.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Vetoed) 2024-04-17 - House sustained Governor's veto [HB1178 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2024-HB1178-Prefiled.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §2.2-2353 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§2.2-2353. Board of directors; members; president.
A. The Authority shall be governed by a board of directors
consisting of 11 12 voting
members as follows: (i) the Secretary of Commerce and
Trade, or his designee; (ii) six three
nonlegislative citizen members appointed by the Governor;
(iii)
three four
nonlegislative citizen members appointed by the Joint Rules
Committee Speaker of the House of Delegates;
and (iv) one director of technology transfer office or
equivalent position from a major research public institution of higher education, four
nonlegislative citizen members appointed by the Joint Rules Senate
Committee on Rules.
B. Of the nonlegislative citizen members appointed by the
Governor, (i) two one
nonlegislative citizen members member shall be from the
investor community with experience as a partner in a venture capital fund with
a minimum of $35 million under management or experience qualifying as an
accredited investor, as defined by the federal Securities and Exchange
Commission, who have has
experience investing, as an individual or as part of an angel group, in 10 or
more early stage companies; (ii) two one nonlegislative citizen members member
shall be from the technology sector with experience (a) as a founder of a
science-based or technology-based business and who have has raised equity capital or
(b) as a senior executive in a science or technology company with operations in
Virginia and with annual revenues in excess of $100 million; and (iii) two one
nonlegislative citizen members member shall have experience
acquiring or commercializing intellectual property through private research or
experience acquiring or commercializing intellectual property from a university
or other research institution. Of Each of the nonlegislative
citizen members appointed by the Joint Rules Committee, two
nonlegislative citizen members Speaker of the
House of Delegates and the Senate Committee on Rules shall
have experience in at least one of the following
areas: entrepreneurial development or, entrepreneurial community and
network development, venture capitalism,
information technology, scientific research, or technology-based
economic development. In making the appointments, the
Governor, the Speaker of the House of Delegates, and the Joint Rules Senate Committee on Rules shall consider the
geographic and demographic diversity of the Board.
C. 1. After an initial staggering of terms, members of the Board shall serve terms of four years. No member shall be eligible to serve more than two terms. Any appointment to fill a vacancy shall be for the unexpired term. A person appointed to fill a vacancy may be appointed to serve two additional terms. Nonlegislative citizen members shall be citizens of the Commonwealth.
2. Ex officio members shall serve terms coincident with their terms of office.
D. Members of the Board shall receive such compensation for the performance of their duties as provided in §2.2-2813. Members shall be reimbursed for all reasonable and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties as provided in §§2.2-2813 and 2.2-2825. Funding for the costs of compensation and expenses of the members shall be provided by the Authority.
E. The Board shall elect a chairman from the nonlegislative citizen members of the Board, and the Secretary of Commerce and Trade shall serve as the vice-chairman. The Board shall elect a secretary and a treasurer, who need not be members of the Board, and may also elect other subordinate officers, who need not be members of the Board. The Board may also form advisory committees, which may include representatives who are not members of the Board, to undertake more extensive study on issues before the Board.
F. A majority of the members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of the Authority's business, and no vacancy in the membership shall impair the right of a quorum to exercise the rights and perform all duties of the Authority. The Board shall meet at least quarterly or at the call of the chairman.
G. The Board shall appoint a president of the Authority, who shall not be a member of the Board who shall serve at the pleasure of the Board and carry out such powers and duties conferred upon him by the Board.
