Bill Text: VA HB117 | 2020 | Regular Session | Prefiled
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-Prefiled.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.
