Bill Text: VA HB117 | 2020 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Virginia Geographic Information Network Advisory Board; increases membership.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2020-03-02 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0036) [HB117 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2020-HB117-Chaptered.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §2.2-2423 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§2.2-2423. Virginia Geographic Information Network Advisory Board; membership; terms; quorum; compensation and expenses.
A. The Virginia Geographic Information Network Advisory Board (the Board) is hereby established as an advisory board, within the meaning of § 2.2-2100, in the executive branch of state government. The Board shall advise the Geographic Information Network Division (the Division) of the Virginia Information Technologies Agency on issues related to the exercise of the Division's powers and duties.
B. The Board shall consist of 16 18 members
appointed as follows: seven nine nonlegislative citizen members
to be appointed by the Governor that consist of one agency director from one of
the natural resources agencies, one official from a baccalaureate public
institution of higher education in the Commonwealth, one elected official
representing a local government in the Commonwealth, one member of the Virginia
Association of Surveyors, one representative of a utility or transportation
industry utilizing geographic data, and two representatives of private
businesses with expertise and experience in the establishment, operation, and
maintenance of geographic information systems, and two county, city, town,
or regional government geographic information system (GIS) directors or
managers representing diverse regions of the Commonwealth; four 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; the Chief Information Officer, the Commissioner of Highways, and the
Chief Executive Officer of the Economic Development Partnership Authority or
their designees who shall serve as ex officio, voting members. Gubernatorial
appointees may be nonresidents of the Commonwealth. All members of the Board
appointed by the Governor shall be confirmed by each house of the General
Assembly. The agency director and official from a baccalaureate public
institution of higher education in the Commonwealth appointed by the Governor
may each designate a member of his organization as an alternate who may attend
meetings in his place and be counted as a member of the Board for the purposes
of a quorum.
Any members of the Board who are representatives of private businesses that provide geographic information services, and their companies, are precluded from contracting to provide goods or services to the Division.
C. Legislative members' terms shall be coincident with their
terms of office. The Following the initial staggering of terms, the
gubernatorial appointees to the Board shall serve five-year terms, except for
the initial appointees whose terms were staggered the two GIS directors
or managers, who shall serve two-year terms. Members appointed by the
Governor shall serve no more than two consecutive five-year terms, except
the two GIS directors or managers shall serve no more than two consecutive
two-year terms. Vacancies occurring other than by expiration of a term
shall be filled for the unexpired term. Vacancies shall be filled in the same
manner as the original appointments. 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 to serve.
D. The Board shall elect from its membership a chairman, vice-chairman, and any other officers deemed necessary. The duties and terms of the officers shall be prescribed by the members. A majority of the Board shall constitute a quorum. The Board shall meet at least quarterly or at the call of its chairman or the Chief Information Officer.
E. Legislative members of the Board shall receive such compensation as provided in §30-19.12 and nonlegislative citizen members shall receive such compensation as provided in §2.2-2813 for their services. All members shall be reimbursed for all reasonable and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties as provided in §§2.2-2813 and 2.2-2825. Funding for the costs of compensation and expenses of the members shall be provided by the Virginia Geographic Information Network Division of the Virginia Information Technologies Agency.
F. The Geographic Information Network Division shall provide staff support to the Board.
