Bill Text: VA HB1431 | 2020 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Art and Architectural Review Board; changes number of citizen members, staggered terms of members.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2020-03-03 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0114) [HB1431 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2020-HB1431-Chaptered.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §2.2-2400 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§2.2-2400. Art and Architectural Review Board; members and officers; travel expenses; quorum; compensation; staff; report.
A. The Art and Architectural Review Board (the Board) is
established as an advisory board, within the meaning of §2.2-2100, in the
executive branch of state government. The Board shall consist of six
seven voting members as follows: the Director of the Department of Historic
Resources, or his designee, serving as an ex officio member and five
six citizen members, appointed by the Governor. Of the citizen members, one
shall be an architect who may be appointed from a list of two or more
architects nominated by the governing board of the Virginia Society of the
American Institute of Architects; one may be appointed from a list of two or
more persons nominated by the governing board of the University of Virginia; one
shall be a member of the board of trustees of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts;
and two three shall be appointed from the Commonwealth at large,
one of whom shall be a painter or sculptor. Lists of nominees shall be
submitted at least 60 days before the expiration of the member's term for which
the nominations are being made in order to be considered by the Governor in
making appointments pursuant to this section.
B. Beginning July 1, 2011, the Governor's appointments of
the five citizen members shall be staggered as follows: two members for a term
of one year, two members for a term of two years, and one member for a term of
three years. Thereafter, Following the initial staggering of terms,
citizen members of the Board shall be appointed for terms of four years
each, except appointments to fill vacancies, which shall be for the unexpired
terms. No member shall serve for more than two consecutive four-year terms,
except that any member appointed to the unexpired term of another shall be
eligible to serve two consecutive four-year terms. Vacancies shall be filled in
the manner of the original appointments. The Director of the Department of
Historic Resources shall serve a term coincident with his term of office.
C. Annually, the Board shall elect a chairman and vice-chairman and may elect such other officers as the Board deems proper from among its membership. A majority of the members of the Board shall constitute a quorum.
D. The members of the Board shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for all reasonable and necessary expenses incurred in the discharge of their duties as provided in §2.2-2825.
E. The Division of Engineering and Buildings of the
Department of General Services shall provide assistance to the Board in the
undertaking of its responsibilities.
F. The Board shall submit a biennial report to the Governor and General Assembly on or before October 1 of each even-numbered year.
2. That the term of the citizen member added to the Art and Architectural Review Board pursuant to this act shall be for a term of four years, to begin July 1, 2020.
3. That the terms of the citizen members of the Art and Architectural Review Board that are set to begin July 1, 2022, shall be staggered as follows: two members for a term of one year; one member for a term of two years; and two members for terms of three years. Thereafter, members shall serve terms of four years.
