CHAPTER 516
An Act to amend and reenact § 2.2-5601 of the Code of
Virginia, relating to the Southern States Energy Board.
[S 47]
Approved April 3, 2014
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 2.2-5601 of the Code of Virginia is amended
and reenacted as follows:
§2.2-5601. Appointment, term, compensation, and expenses of
members of Southern States Energy Board.
The Commonwealth's representatives to the Southern States
Energy Board shall be appointed in compliance with Article II of the compact
Southern States Energy Compact as follows: one member three
members of the House of Delegates, of whom two shall serve as
alternates, to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Delegates,
one member; three members of the Senate, of whom two shall serve
as alternates, to be appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules; and
one nonlegislative citizen member to be appointed by the Governor. Alternate
legislative members appointed by the Speaker of the House and the Senate
Committee on Rules shall meet the same qualifications as the principal
legislative members appointed to serve. Legislative members shall serve
terms coincident with their terms of office and shall not have the authority to
designate an alternate in accordance with Article II of the compact. The
gubernatorial appointee shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor. If any
member appointed is the head of a department or agency of the Commonwealth, he
may designate a subordinate officer or employee of his department or agency to
serve in his stead as permitted by Article II A. of the compact and in
conformity with any applicable bylaws of the Board. All members may be
reappointed for successive terms.
Legislative members of the Board shall receive such
compensation as provided in §30-19.12 and 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. The costs of compensation and expenses
of the legislative members shall be paid from appropriations to the Virginia
Commission on Intergovernmental Cooperation for the attendance of conferences.
The nonlegislative citizen member of the Board shall receive such compensation
and reimbursement for all his reasonable and necessary expenses in the
performance of his duties as may be appropriated or made available for such
purposes.
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