2006 Code of Virginia § 51.5-31 - Board created

51.5-31. Board created.

There shall be a Virginia Board for People with Disabilities, responsible tothe Secretary of Health and Human Resources. The Board shall be composed of40 members, to include the head or a person designated by the head of theDepartment for the Aging, Department for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing,Department of Education, Department of Medical Assistance Services,Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services,Department of Rehabilitative Services, and the Department for the Blind andVision Impaired; one representative of the protection and advocacy agency;one representative of the university-affiliated facility; one representativeeach, to be appointed by the Governor, of a local governmental agency, amanufacturing or a retailing industry, a high-technology industry, a publictransit interest, and a nongovernmental agency or group of agencies thatprovide services for persons with developmental disabilities; a bankingexecutive; one person with disabilities other than developmentaldisabilities; and 24 persons with developmental disabilities or the parentsor guardians of such persons. Of the last 24 persons, at least eight shall bepersons with developmental disabilities; at least eight shall be immediaterelatives or guardians of persons with mentally impairing developmentaldisabilities; and at least one person shall be an immediate relative orguardian of an institutionalized person with a developmental disability.

Each member appointed by the Governor shall be appointed for a four-yearterm, except that of the members appointed in 1989, eight shall be appointedfor a term of four years, eight shall be appointed for a term of three years,eight shall be appointed for a term of two years, and seven shall beappointed for a term of one year. Members so appointed shall be subject toremoval at the pleasure of the Governor. Any vacancy other than by expirationof a term shall be filled for the unexpired term. No person appointed by theGovernor shall serve for more than two successive terms.

The Board shall elect its chairman.

(1985, c. 421, 51.01-31; 1989, c. 133; 1990, c. 458; 1992, c. 627; 2001,cc. 526, 546; 2003, c. 501.)