23-231.25 - Membership of governing board; terms; compensation; officers.
§ 23-231.25. Membership of governing board; terms; compensation; officers.
A. The Center shall be governed by a 15-member Board of Trustees, consistingof the Director of the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia or hisdesignee; the Chancellor of the Virginia Community College System or hisdesignee; the presidents or chancellors, as appropriate, or their designeesof Longwood University, Danville Community College, and Southside VirginiaCommunity College; the division superintendent of Halifax County publicschools; two members of the House of Delegates to be appointed by the Speakerof the House of Delegates; one member of the Senate to be appointed by theSenate Committee on Rules; and six nonlegislative citizen members to beappointed by the Governor, including the chairman and two other members ofthe Halifax Education Foundation, and three representatives of business andindustry. The Speaker of the House of Delegates may appoint an alternate forthe Delegate appointed to the Center. The alternate shall serve a termcoincident with the term of the Delegate and shall have the power to act inhis absence. The Senate Committee on Rules may appoint an alternate for theSenator appointed to the Center. The alternate shall serve a term coincidentwith the term of the Senator and shall have the power to act in his absence.
Nonlegislative citizen members of the Board shall be chosen from amongresidents of the Southside region of the Commonwealth and shall be citizensof the Commonwealth.
B. Legislative members and the representatives of the Council, the VirginiaCommunity College System, and the named institutions of higher educationshall serve terms coincident with their terms of office. After the initialstaggering of terms, all nonlegislative citizen appointments shall be forterms of four years, except that appointments to fill vacancies shall be forthe unexpired terms. Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as theoriginal appointments.
No nonlegislative citizen member of the Board shall be eligible to serve morethan two successive four-year terms, but after the expiration of theremainder of a term to which appointed to fill a vacancy, two additionalfour-year terms may be served by such member if appointed thereto.
C. Nonlegislative citizen members shall not be entitled to compensation fortheir services. Legislative members of the Board shall be compensated asprovided in § 30-19.12, and all members of the Board shall be reimbursed forall reasonable and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of theirduties in the work of the Center as provided in §§ 2.2-2813 and 2.2-2825. Thefunding for the costs of compensation and expenses of the members shall beprovided by the Center.
D. The Board shall elect a chairman and a vice-chairman from among itsmembers.
(2005, cc. 774, 799; 2006, c. 160.)