30-172 - Powers and duties of Commission.
§ 30-172. Powers and duties of Commission.
The Commission shall have the power and duty to:
1. Encourage and arrange conferences with officials of other states and otherunits of government;
2. Carry forward the participation of Virginia as a member of the Council ofState Governments, both regionally and nationally;
3. Formulate proposals for cooperation between Virginia and other states;
4. Establish such committees as it deems advisable to conduct conferences andformulate proposals concerning subjects of interstate cooperation;
5. Monitor and evaluate the Commonwealth's participation in interstatecompacts;
6. Review, evaluate, and recommend suggested uniform state legislation;
7. Require, at its discretion, from any appointee representing Virginia onany interstate compact, commission, committee, or board, a report on thatorganization's work and accomplishments;
8. Review, evaluate, and make recommendations concerning federal policiesthat are of concern to the Commonwealth;
9. Establish such committees as deemed advisable and designate the members ofevery such committee. State officials who are not members of the Commissionmay be appointed as members of any such committee, but at least one member ofthe Commission shall be a member of every such committee; and
10. Appoint persons drawn from the membership of the Senate, the membershipof the House of Delegates, and officials of state and local government toserve on those intergovernmental boards, committees, and commissions as towhich the Commonwealth is entitled to such appointment, or is invited to makesuch appointment; provided that members of the General Assembly shall beappointed as follows:
a. If an appointment be made from the membership of the Senate, such anappointment shall be made by the Commission on Interstate Cooperation of theSenate and shall be approved by the Senate Committee on Rules; and
b. If an appointment be made from the membership of the House of Delegates,such appointment shall be made by the Commission on Interstate Cooperation ofthe House of Delegates and shall be approved by the Speaker of the House ofDelegates.
The Commission may provide such rules as it considers appropriate concerningthe membership and the functioning of any committee established.
(1936, p. 369; Michie Code 1942, § 311a; 1976, c. 61, § 9-53; 1978, c. 198;1981, c. 308; 1999, c. 850; 2001, c. 844; 2002, c. 365; 2005, c. 758.)