Bill Text: VA HB724 | 2016 | Regular Session | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Northern Virginia Transportation Commission; quorum and voting procedures.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-03-02 - Passed by indefinitely in Transportation with letter (12-Y 0-N) [HB724 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2016-HB724-Comm_Sub.html

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HOUSE BILL NO. 724 AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE (Proposed by the House Committee on Transportation on January 26, 2016) (Patron Prior to Substitute--Delegate LeMunyon) A BILL to amend and reenact §33.2-1912 of the Code of Virginia, relating to voting procedures of the Northern Virginia Transportation Commission.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That §33.2-1912 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§33.2-1912. Quorum and action by commission.

A. A  Except as provided in subsection B, a majority of the commission, which majority shall include at least one commissioner from a majority of the component governments, shall constitute a quorum. Members of the commission who are members of the General Assembly shall not be counted in determining a quorum while the General Assembly is in session. The Chairman of the Commonwealth Transportation Board or his designee shall be included for the purposes of constituting a quorum. The presence of a quorum and a vote of the majority of the members necessary to constitute a quorum of all the members appointed to the commission, including an affirmative vote from a majority of the members, shall be necessary to take any action. The Chairman of the Commonwealth Transportation Board or his designee shall have voting rights equal to appointees of component governments on all matters brought before the commission. Notwithstanding the provisions of §2.2-3708, members of the General Assembly may participate in the meetings of the commission through electronic communications while the General Assembly is in session.

B. A majority of the Northern Virginia Transportation Commission, which majority shall include at least a majority of the representatives of the counties and cities embraced by the Commission, shall constitute a quorum. Decisions of the Northern Virginia Transportation Commission shall require a quorum and shall be in accordance with voting procedures established by the Commission. In all cases, decisions of the Northern Virginia Transportation Commission shall require the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the members of the Commission present and voting.