16104189D
SENATE BILL NO. 689
Offered January 20, 2016
A BILL to amend and reenact §54.1-2348 of the Code of
Virginia, relating to Common Interest Community Board; membership.
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Patron-- Petersen
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Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §54.1-2348 of the Code of Virginia is amended and
reenacted as follows:
§54.1-2348. Common Interest Community Board; membership;
meetings; quorum.
There is hereby created the Common Interest Community Board
(the Board) as a policy board, within the meaning of §2.2-2100, in the
executive branch of state government. Members of the Board shall be appointed
by the Governor and consist of eleven 14 members as follows: three
shall be representatives of Virginia common interest community managers, one shall
be a Virginia attorney whose practice includes the representation of
associations, one shall be a representative of a Virginia certified public
accountant whose practice includes providing attest services to associations,
one shall be a representative of the Virginia time-share industry, two shall be
representatives of developers of Virginia common interest communities, and three six
shall be Virginia citizens, one of whom
serves or who has two of whom serve or have
served on the governing board of an association that is not professionally
managed at the time of appointment and two four of whom reside in a common interest community. Of the
initial appointments, one representative of Virginia common interest community
managers and one representative of developers of Virginia common interest
communities shall serve terms of two years and one representative of Virginia
common interest community managers and one representative of developers of
Virginia common interest communities shall serve terms of three years; the
Virginia attorney shall serve a term of three years; the Virginia certified
public accountant shall serve a term of one year; the Virginia citizen who
serves or who has served on the governing board of an association shall serve a
term of two years, and the two Virginia citizens who reside in a common
interest community shall serve terms of one year. All other initial
appointments and all subsequent appointments shall be for terms for four years,
except that vacancies may be filled for the remainder of the unexpired term.
Each appointment of a representative of a Virginia common interest community
manager to the Board may be made from nominations submitted by the Virginia
Association of Community Managers, who may nominate no more than three persons
for each manager vacancy. In no case shall the Governor be bound to make any
appointment from such nominees. No person shall be eligible to serve for more
than two successive four-year terms.
The Board shall meet at least once each year and at other such
times as it deems necessary. The Board shall elect from its membership a
chairman and a vice-chairman to serve for a period of one year. A majority of
the Board shall constitute a quorum. The Board is vested with the powers and
duties necessary to execute the purposes of this chapter.
2. That the provisions of this act shall not be construed to
affect existing appointments the terms of which have not expired as of the
effective date of this act.
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