10.1-1602 - Board of directors.
§ 10.1-1602. Board of directors.
The Authority shall be governed by a board of directors consisting of 19members who shall be appointed as follows: two members of the Senate to beappointed by the Senate Committee on Rules; four members of the House ofDelegates to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Delegates inaccordance with the principles of proportional representation contained inthe Rules of the House of Delegates; and 13 nonlegislative citizen members tobe appointed by the Governor, upon consideration of the recommendation of theRiver Foundation, if any, and subject to confirmation by the GeneralAssembly. Nonlegislative citizen members of the Authority shall be citizensof the Commonwealth.
Legislative members shall serve terms coincident with their terms of office.After the initial staggering of terms, nonlegislative citizen members shallbe appointed for a term of five years. Vacancies in the membership of theBoard shall be filled for the unexpired portion of the term in the samemanner as original appointments are made. All members may be reappointed.
Immediately after appointment, the directors shall enter upon the performanceof their duties. The Board shall annually elect a chairman and vice-chairmanfrom its members, and shall also elect annually a secretary, who may or maynot be a member of the Board. The Board may also elect other subordinateofficers who may or may not be members of the Board, as it deems proper.Seven directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of the businessof the Authority, and no vacancy in the membership of the Board shall impairthe right of a quorum to exercise all the rights and perform all the dutiesof the Authority. The Board may employ an executive director to direct theday-to-day activities of the Authority and carry out the powers and dutiesdelegated to him. The executive director shall serve at the pleasure of theBoard. The executive director and employees of the Authority shall becompensated in the manner provided by the Board and shall not be subject tothe provisions of the Virginia Personnel Act (§ 2.2-2900 et seq.).
Legislative members of the Authority shall receive such compensation asprovided in § 30-19.12, and nonlegislative citizen members shall receive suchcompensation for the performance of their duties as provided in § 2.2-2813.All members shall be reimbursed for all reasonable and necessary expensesincurred in the performance of their duties as provided in §§ 2.2-2813 and2.2-2825. Funding for the costs of compensation and expenses of the membersshall be provided by the Virginia Recreational Facilities Authority.
(1986, c. 360, § 10-158.4; 1988, c. 891; 1989, c. 226; 1990, c. 210; 2005, c.768; 2006, c. 22.)