30-282 - Joint Commission on Transportation Accountability established; composition; terms; compensation and expenses; office space; quorum; voting on recommendations.
§ 30-282. Joint Commission on Transportation Accountability established;composition; terms; compensation and expenses; office space; quorum; votingon recommendations.
There is hereby established in the legislative branch of state government theJoint Commission on Transportation Accountability. The Commission shallconsist of six members of the House of Delegates appointed by the Speaker ofthe House of Delegates, of whom at least three shall be members of the HouseCommittee on Transportation; four members of the Senate appointed by theSenate Committee on Rules of whom at least two shall be members of the SenateCommittee on Transportation; and the Auditor of Public Accounts, who shallserve as a nonvoting ex officio member. Members shall serve terms coincidentwith their terms of office as members of the House of Delegates and theSenate. Members may be reappointed for successive terms.
Members of the Commission shall receive such compensation as provided in §30-19.12 and shall be reimbursed for all their reasonable and necessaryexpenses incurred in the performance of their duties as members of theCommission. Funding for the costs of compensation and expenses of the membersshall be provided from existing appropriations to the Commission. Adequateoffice space shall be provided by the Commonwealth.
The Commission shall annually elect a chairman and a vice-chairman from amongits membership. Meetings of the Commission shall be held upon the call of thechairman or whenever the majority of the members so request. A majority ofthe members appointed to the Commission shall constitute a quorum.
(2007, c. 896.)