Bill Text: VA HB538 | 2020 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Richmond Metropolitan Transportation Authority; change in membership.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2020-03-18 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0371) [HB538 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2020-HB538-Chaptered.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §33.2-2901 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§33.2-2901. Creation of the Richmond Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
There is hereby created a political subdivision and public
body corporate and politic of the Commonwealth to be known as the Richmond
Metropolitan Transportation Authority, to be governed by a board of directors
consisting of 16 members appointed as follows: five members to be appointed by
the Board of Supervisors of Chesterfield County for terms of four years from
the date of appointment; five members to be appointed by the Board of
Supervisors of Henrico County for terms of four years from the date of
appointment; five four members to be appointed by the Mayor of
the City of Richmond with the approval of the City Council of the City of
Richmond (Council) for terms of four years from the date of appointment;
one member of the Council appointed by the president of the Council for a term
of four years from the date of appointment; and one ex officio member from
the Commonwealth Transportation Board to be appointed by the Commissioner of
Highways. Any of the three localities may, in its discretion, appoint as one of
its Board members an elected officeholder who is a member of the governing body
of that locality. Vacancies in the membership of the board of directors shall
be filled in the same manner as the original appointment for the unexpired
portion of the term. The board of directors so appointed shall enter upon the
performance of its duties and shall initially and annually elect a chairman and
a vice-chairman from its membership and shall also elect annually a secretary
or secretary-treasurer, who need not be a member of the board of directors. The
chairman, or in his absence the vice-chairman, shall preside at all meetings of
the board of directors, and in the absence of both the chairman and
vice-chairman, the board of directors shall elect a chairman pro tempore who
shall preside at such meetings. Nine directors shall constitute a quorum, and
all action by the board of directors shall require the affirmative vote of a
majority of the directors present and voting. The members of the board of
directors shall be entitled to reimbursement for expenses incurred in
attendance upon meetings of the board of directors or while otherwise engaged
in the discharge of their duties, and each member shall also be paid the sum of
$50 per day for each day or portion thereof during which he is engaged in the
performance of his duties. Such expenses and compensation shall be paid out of
the treasury of the Authority in such manner as shall be prescribed by the
Authority. No member of the Board shall receive health insurance, dental
insurance, retirement benefits, or other such benefits as compensation for his
service on the Board.
2. That the first vacancy on the Richmond Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Authority) occurring on or after July 1, 2020, due to the resignation or expiration of the term of a member of the Authority appointed by the Mayor of Richmond shall be filled by a member of the City Council of the City of Richmond appointed pursuant to this act.
