Bill Text: VA SB1309 | 2015 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Charitable Gaming Board; membership.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-04-15 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0755) [SB1309 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2015-SB1309-Chaptered.html
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia: 1. That §2.2-2455 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows: §2.2-2455. Charitable Gaming Board; membership; terms; quorum; compensation; staff. A. The Charitable Gaming Board (the Board) is hereby established as a policy board within the meaning of §2.2-2100 in the executive branch of state government. The purpose of the Board shall be to advise the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services on all aspects of the conduct of charitable gaming in Virginia. B. The Board shall consist of
2. Three nonlegislative citizen members appointed by the Speaker of the House of Delegates as follows: two members who are members of a charitable organization subject to Article 1.1:1 (§18.2-340.15 et seq.) of Chapter 8 of Title 18.2 in good standing with the Department and one member who does not have an interest in or is not affiliated with a charitable organization, charitable gaming supplier, or owner, lessor, or lessee of premises where charitable gaming is conducted; and 3. Two nonlegislative citizen members appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules as follows: one member who is a member of a charitable organization subject to Article 1.1:1 (§18.2-340.15 et seq.) of Chapter 8 of Title 18.2 in good standing with the Department and one member who does not have an interest in or is not affiliated with a charitable organization, charitable gaming supplier, or owner, lessor, or lessee of premises where charitable gaming is conducted. To the extent practicable, the Board shall consist of
individuals from different geographic regions of the Commonwealth. Each member
of the Board shall have been a resident of the Commonwealth for a period of at
least three years next preceding his appointment, and his continued residency
shall be a condition of his tenure in office. C. The Board shall elect from among its members a
chairman D. A quorum shall consist of five members. The decision of a majority of those members present and voting shall constitute a decision of the Board. E. For each day or part thereof spent in the performance of his duties, each member of the Board shall receive such compensation and reimbursement for his reasonable expenses as provided in §2.2-2104. F. The Board shall adopt rules and procedures for the conduct of its business, including a provision that Board members shall abstain or otherwise recuse themselves from voting on any matter in which they or a member of their immediate family have a personal interest in a transaction as defined in §2.2-3101. The Board shall meet at least four times a year, and other meetings may be held at any time or place determined by the Board or upon call of the chairman or upon a written request to the chairman by any two members. Except for emergency meetings and meetings governed by §2.2-3708 requiring a longer notice, all members shall be duly notified of the time and place of any regular or other meeting at least 10 days in advance of such meeting. G. Staff to the Board shall be provided by the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. 2. That this act shall not be construed to affect existing appointments to the Charitable Gaming Board for the terms that have not expired. However, any new appointments shall be made in accordance with this act as follows: (i) the first vacancy created by the expiration of a term shall be filled by appointment by the Speaker of the House of Delegates of a nonlegislative citizen member who is a member of a charitable organization subject to Article 1.1:1 (§18.2-340.15 et seq.) of Chapter 8 of Title 18.2 of the Code of Virginia in good standing with the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; (ii) the second vacancy created by the expiration of a term shall be filled by appointment by the Senate Committee on Rules of a nonlegislative citizen member who is a member of a charitable organization subject to Article 1.1:1 (§18.2-340.15 et seq.) of Chapter 8 of Title 18.2 of the Code of Virginia in good standing with the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; (iii) the third vacancy created by the expiration of a term shall be filled by appointment by the Speaker of the House of Delegates of a one nonlegislative citizen member who does not have an interest in or is not affiliated with a charitable organization, charitable gaming supplier, or owner, lessor, or lessee of premises where charitable gaming is conducted; (iv) the fourth vacancy created by the expiration of a term shall be filled by appointment by the Senate Committee on Rules of a nonlegislative citizen member who does not have an interest in or is not affiliated with a charitable organization, charitable gaming supplier, or owner, lessor, or lessee of premises where charitable gaming is conducted; and (v) the fifth vacancy created by the expiration of a term shall be filled by appointment by the Speaker of the House of Delegates of a nonlegislative citizen member who is a member of a charitable organization subject to Article 1.1:1 (§18.2-340.15 et seq.) of Chapter 8 of Title 18.2 of the Code of Virginia in good standing with the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. 3. That the provisions of the second enactment shall not apply to appointments to the Charitable Gaming Board by the Governor on or after July 1, 2015. |
