10104114D
SENATE BILL NO. 634
Offered January 19, 2010
A BILL to amend and reenact §§33.1-1 and
33.1-2 of the Code of Virginia, relating to composition of the Commonwealth
Transportation Board.
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Patron-- Marsden
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Referred to Committee on Transportation
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §33.1-1 and 33.1-2 of the Code of Virginia are
amended and reenacted as follows:
§33.1-1. State Highway and Transportation Board continued as
Commonwealth Transportation Board; number and terms of members; removal from
office; vacancies.
The State Highway and Transportation Board, formerly known as
the State Highway and Transportation Commission, is continued and shall
hereafter be known as the Commonwealth Transportation Board. Wherever either
"Commission" or "Board" is used in this title referring to
the State Highway and Transportation Board or the State Highway and
Transportation Commission, it shall mean the Commonwealth Transportation Board.
The Board shall consist of seventeen
18 members:
the Secretary of Transportation, the Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner,
the Director of the Department of Rail and Public Transportation, and fourteen citizen members. The citizen members shall be
(i) appointed by the Governor as provided in §33.1-2, (ii) subject to
confirmation by the General Assembly, and (iii) removable from office during
their respective terms by the Governor at his pleasure. Appointments of citizen
members shall be for terms of four years commencing upon July 1, upon the
expiration of the terms of the existing members, respectively. The initial
terms of the members appointed in January, 1987, shall commence when appointed
and shall be for terms ending June 30, 1988, June 30, 1989, and June 30, 1990,
respectively. Vacancies shall be filled by appointment by the Governor for the
unexpired term and shall be effective until thirty
30 days
after the next meeting of the ensuing General Assembly and, if confirmed,
thereafter for the remainder of the term. No person shall be eligible to serve
more than two successive terms of four years, other than the Secretary of
Transportation, the Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner, and the Director
of the Department of Rail and Public Transportation. A person heretofore or
hereafter appointed to fill a vacancy may serve two additional successive
terms.
The Secretary of Transportation shall serve as Chairman of the
Board. The Secretary shall have voting privileges only in the event of a tie.
The Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner shall serve as Vice-Chairman of
the Board. The Commissioner shall have voting privileges only in the event of a
tie when he is presiding during the absence of the Chairman. The Director of
the Department of Rail and Public Transportation shall serve without a vote.
Whenever in this title and in the Code of Virginia "State
Highway Commission" or "State Highway and Transportation Board"
is used, it shall mean "Commonwealth Transportation Board";
"State Highway Commissioner" or "State Highway and
Transportation Commissioner" shall mean "Commonwealth Transportation
Commissioner"; and all references to "Department of Highways and
Transportation" shall refer to the Department of Transportation.
§33.1-2. Residence requirements; statewide interest.
Of such Board, one member shall be a resident of the territory
now included in the Bristol
construction district, one in the Salem construction district, one in the
Lynchburg construction district, one in the Staunton construction district, one
in the Culpeper construction district, one in the Fredericksburg construction
district, one in the Richmond construction district, one in the Hampton Roads
construction district and one in the Northern Virginia construction district each congressional
district in the
Commonwealth, as those congressional
districts and their boundaries
existed on January 1, 2010. The remaining five four
members shall be appointed from the Commonwealth at large,
but at least two shall reside in standard metropolitan statistical areas and be
designated as urban at-large members, and at least two shall reside outside
standard metropolitan statistical areas and be designated as rural at-large
members. The at-large members shall be appointed to represent rural and urban
transportation needs and, in addition, one
shall be mindful of the
concerns of appointed
to represent the interests and concerns of seaports
and seaport users, one shall be appointed
to represent the interests and concerns of airports and
airport users, one shall be
appointed to represent the interests and concerns of railways
and railway users, and one shall be appointed
to represent the interests and concerns of mass transit and
mass transit users. Each member so appointed shall be mindful of the best
interest of the Commonwealth at large primarily instead of those of the
district from which chosen or of the transportation interest represented.
2. Nothing in this act shall affect the term of any
member appointed to the Commonwealth Transportation Board prior to July 1,
2010.
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