3.2-3902 - Membership; terms; quorum; meetings.
§ 3.2-3902. Membership; terms; quorum; meetings.
A. The Board shall have a total of 12 members, nine of whom shall benonlegislative citizen members, appointed by the Governor and approved by theGeneral Assembly as follows: two members representing the agricultural orforestal production industries; two members representing the commercial saleor application of pesticides sector, at least one of whom shall be astructural commercial applicator; two representatives from the public healthand environmental community; and three citizen members, one of whom theGovernor shall appoint as chairman. The State Forester, the Dean of theCollege of Agriculture and Life Sciences of Virginia Polytechnic Instituteand State University, and the Dean for the School of Agriculture at VirginiaState University who shall serve as ex officio members of the Board withvoting privileges. Nonlegislative citizen members of the Board shall becitizens of the Commonwealth.
B. Nonlegislative citizen members shall be appointed for a term of fouryears. Ex officio members of the Board shall serve terms coincident withtheir terms of office. Appointments to fill vacancies, other than byexpiration of a term, shall be for the unexpired terms. Vacancies shall befilled in the same manner as the original appointments. All members may bereappointed.
C. A quorum shall consist of seven members.
D. The Board shall meet quarterly and at the call of the chairman.
E. The Board shall adopt rules and procedures for the conduct of business.
(1989, c. 575, § 3.1-249.28; 1992, c. 121; 2005, cc. 238, 282; 2008, c. 860.)