62.1-129 - Board of Commissioners; members and officers; Executive Director; agents and employees.
§ 62.1-129. Board of Commissioners; members and officers; Executive Director;agents and employees.
All powers, rights and duties conferred by this chapter, or other provisionsof law, upon the Authority shall be exercised by the Board of Commissionersof the Virginia Port Authority, hereinafter referred to as Board or Board ofCommissioners. The Board shall consist of the State Treasurer and elevenmembers appointed by the Governor, subject to confirmation by the GeneralAssembly, who shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor. The terms ofmembers of the Board of Commissioners appointed or reappointed by theGovernor on or after January 1, 1981, shall be for five years. Anyappointment to fill a vacancy shall be for the unexpired term. Members of theBoard shall receive their expenses and shall be compensated at the rateprovided in § 2.2-2813 for each day spent on business of the Board. No memberappointed by the Governor shall be eligible to serve more than two successiveterms. A person heretofore or hereafter appointed to fill a vacancy may beappointed to serve two additional terms. Beginning with those members of theBoard of Commissioners appointed or reappointed by the Governor on or afterJanuary 1, 1981: (i) appointments shall be made by the Governor in such amanner as to ensure the widest possible geographical representation of allparts of the Commonwealth, and (ii) no resident of the Cities of Chesapeake,Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk, Portsmouth, or Virginia Beach shall beeligible for appointment or reappointment to the Board of Commissioners ifhis appointment or reappointment would increase or maintain the number ofmembers of the Board of Commissioners residing in such cities above thenumber of three. One of the members appointed or reappointed from the citiespreviously mentioned in this section shall be a resident of the City ofPortsmouth or the City of Chesapeake, one of the members appointed orreappointed shall be a resident of the City of Norfolk or the City ofVirginia Beach, and one of the members appointed or reappointed shall be aresident of the City of Newport News or the City of Hampton.
The Board shall elect from its membership a chairman and vice-chairman andmay also elect from its membership, or appoint from its staff, a secretaryand treasurer and prescribe their powers and duties.
The Board of Commissioners shall appoint the chief executive officer of theAuthority, who shall not be a member of the Board, who shall be known as theExecutive Director and who shall serve at the pleasure of the Board. TheExecutive Director's compensation from the Commonwealth shall be fixed by theBoard in accordance with law. This compensation shall be established at alevel which will enable the Authority to attract and retain a capableExecutive Director.
The Board may also appoint from the staff an assistant secretary and anassistant treasurer, who shall, in addition to other duties, discharge suchfunctions of the secretary and treasurer, respectively, as may be directed bythe Board.
(Code 1950, § 62-106.2; 1952, c. 61; 1954, c. 667; 1956, c. 207; 1958, c.174; 1968, c. 659; 1970, c. 171; 1978, c. 655; 1980, c. 728; 1981, c. 589;1983, cc. 218, 298, 338; 1987, c. 688.)