Bill Text: VA HB252 | 2012 | Regular Session | Engrossed
Bill Title: Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority; changes in composition.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 9-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-01-19 - House: Requires 4/5 affirmative votes for passage of voting members [HB252 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2012-HB252-Engrossed.html
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia: 1. That §5.1-155 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows: §5.1-155. Membership; terms; officers. A. The Authority shall consist of B. Members shall (i) not hold elective or appointive public office, (ii) serve without compensation, and (iii) reside within the Washington Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area, except that the members appointed by the President of the United States shall be registered voters of states other than Maryland, Virginia, or the District of Columbia. The members of the Authority shall be entitled to reimbursement for their expenses incurred in attendance upon the meetings of the Authority or while otherwise engaged in the discharge of their duties. C. Appointments to the Authority shall be for a period of six years. However, initial appointments shall be made as follows: each jurisdiction shall appoint one member for a full six-year term, a second member for a four-year term, and, in the case of the Commonwealth and the District of Columbia, a third member for a two-year term. The Governor of Virginia shall make the final two Virginia initial appointments for one two-year and one four-year term. The President shall make subsequent appointments for six-year terms. The President shall make one of the initial appointments pursuant to the Metropolitan Washington Airports Amendments Act of 1996 for a four-year term. D. E. Each member may be removed or suspended from office only for cause, and in accordance with the laws of the jurisdiction from which he is appointed. F. The Authority shall annually elect one of its members as chairman and another as vice-chairman and shall also elect annually a secretary and a treasurer, or a secretary-treasurer, who may or may not be members of the Authority, and prescribe their powers and duties. The Authority may also appoint from its staff an assistant secretary and an assistant treasurer, or an assistant secretary-treasurer, who shall, in addition to other duties, discharge such functions of the secretary and the treasurer. G. H. The members of the Authority, including any nonvoting members, shall not be personally liable for any act done or action taken in their capacities as members of the Authority, nor shall they be personally liable for any bond, note or other evidence of indebtedness issued by the Authority. [ |