Bill Text: VA HB1399 | 2024 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Potato Board; reduces membership.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2024-03-28 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0223) [HB1399 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2024-HB1399-Chaptered.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §3.2-1801 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§3.2-1801. Potato Board; composition and appointment of members.
The Potato Board, established by the passage of a 1994
referendum held pursuant to Chapter 126 of the Acts of Assembly of 1982, is
continued within the Department. The Potato Board shall be composed of seven
five members appointed by the Governor from nominations by grower
organizations, to terms of four years. The appointments shall be subject to
confirmation by the General Assembly. All members of the Potato Board shall be
producers of potatoes. Each grower organization shall submit nominations for
each available position before the expiration of the member's term for which
the nomination is being provided. If said organizations fail to provide
nominations, the Governor may appoint other nominees that meet the criteria
provided by this section.
2. That the terms of persons serving as members of the Potato Board prior to the effective date of this act shall expire on the effective date of this act.
3. That the initial appointments of members of the Potato Board shall be staggered as follows: one member shall be appointed for a term to expire June 30, 2025; one member shall be appointed for a term to expire June 30, 2026; one member shall be appointed for a term to expire June 30, 2027; and two members shall be appointed for a term to expire June 30, 2028. After the initial appointments of members of the Potato Board pursuant to this enactment, appointments shall be for terms of four years beginning on July 1 of the year of the appointment.