2011 Code of Virginia
Title 2.2 ADMINISTRATION OF GOVERNMENT.
Chapter 26 Councils Collegial Bodies (2.2-2600 thru 2.2-2699.7)
2.2-2621 Commonwealth Competition Council; membership; terms; chairman; quorum; compensation; staf...

2.2-2621. Commonwealth Competition Council; membership; terms; chairman; quorum; compensation; staff.

A. The Commonwealth Competition Council (the Council) is established as an advisory council, within the meaning of 2.2-2100, in the executive branch of state government. The Council shall be composed of 15 members to be appointed as follows: four employees of executive branch agencies to be appointed by the Governor; two members of the House of Delegates to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Delegates; two members of the Senate to be appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules; three members of the private sector to be appointed by the Governor; two members of the private sector to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Delegates; and two members of the private sector, who shall be private sector members of the Small Business Commission, to be appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules.

B. Legislative members shall serve on the Council until the expiration of their terms of office or until their successors shall qualify. Executive branch agency members shall serve only as long as they retain their positions. After the initial staggering of terms, all nonlegislative members of the Council shall be appointed for terms of three years.

C. Appointments to fill vacancies shall be for the unexpired terms. No nonlegislative citizen member shall be eligible to serve more than two successive three-year terms. The remainder of any term to which a member is appointed to fill a vacancy shall not constitute a term in determining the member's eligibility for reappointment.

D. The Council shall annually elect its chairman and vice-chairman from among its members. A majority of the members of the Council shall constitute a quorum.

E. Legislative members shall be compensated as specified in 30-19.12, and members, who are private sector members of the Small Business Commission, shall be compensated as specified in 30-182. All members of the Council shall be reimbursed for their reasonable and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties as provided in 2.2-2813 and 2.2-2825.

F. The Council shall employ such staff as necessary to enable it to perform its duties as directed in the appropriation act.

(1995, c. 815, 9-343, 9-345; 1998, c. 881; 2001, c. 844; 2005, c. 758.)