Bill Text: VA HB1431 | 2020 | Regular Session | Prefiled
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-Prefiled.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 six
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 two members
for a term of three years. Thereafter, 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.
