Bill Text: VA HB2207 | 2015 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Broadband Advisory Council; increases membership.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 6-1)
Status: (Passed) 2015-03-17 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0239) [HB2207 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2015-HB2207-Chaptered.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia: 1. That §2.2-2699.3 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows: §2.2-2699.3. (Expires July 1, 2018) Broadband Advisory Council; purpose; membership; compensation; chairman. A. The Broadband Advisory Council (the Council) is established as an advisory council, within the meaning of §2.2-2100, in the executive branch of state government. The purpose of the Council shall be to advise the Governor on policy and funding priorities to expedite deployment and reduce the cost of broadband access in the Commonwealth. B. The Council shall have a total membership of C. Legislative members of the Council shall receive such compensation as provided in §30-19.12. Nonlegislative citizen members shall serve without compensation. All 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 compensation and expenses of legislative members shall be provided by the operating budgets of the Clerk of the House of Delegates and the Clerk of the Senate upon approval of the Joint Rules Committee. Funding for the costs of expenses of the nonlegislative citizen members and all other expenses of the Council shall be provided by the Office of the Secretary of Technology. D. The Council shall elect a chairman and a E. Staff to the Council shall be provided by the Office of Telework Promotion and Broadband Assistance. The Division of Legislative Services shall provide additional staff support to legislative members serving on the Council. 2. That the provisions of this act shall not affect the existing terms of persons currently serving as members of any agency, board, authority, commission, or other entity and that appointees currently holding positions shall maintain their terms of appointment and continue to serve until such time as the existing terms might expire or become renewed. However, any new appointments made on or after July 1, 2015, shall be made in accordance with the provisions of this act. |