Code of Virginia - Title 3.1 Agriculture, Horticulture And Food - Section 3.1-1064.3 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Membership; terms; vacancies; chairman and vice-chairman; quor...

§ 3.1-1064.3. (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Membership; terms; vacancies; chairman and vice-chairman; quor...

The Virginia Wine Board shall consist of 10 members, nine of whom shall be voting nonlegislative citizen members, to be appointed by the Governor, and the Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services, who shall serve as a nonvoting ex officio member. Nonlegislative citizen members shall be citizens of the Commonwealth of Virginia and shall be either grape growers or owners or operators of a winery or farm winery in the Commonwealth. The Governor shall make his appointments upon consideration of the recommendations made by any grape grower, or an owner or operator of a winery or farm winery, or the following agricultural organizations or their successor organizations: the Virginia Wineries Association, Inc.; the Virginia Vineyards Association, Inc.; the Virginia Farm Bureau; and the Virginia Agribusiness Council.

The Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services shall serve a term coincident with his term of office. Initial appointments of nonlegislative citizen members shall be staggered as follows: six nonlegislative citizen members shall be owners or operators of wineries or farm wineries in Virginia, two of whom shall serve for terms of three years, two shall serve for terms of two years, and two shall serve a term of one year; and three nonlegislative citizen members shall be grape growers with no controlling financial interest in a winery or farm winery, one of whom shall serve a term of three years, one shall serve a term of two years, and one shall serve a term of one year. Thereafter, nonlegislative citizen members shall be appointed for a term of four years. Appointments to fill vacancies, other than by expiration of a term, shall be for the unexpired terms. All members may be reappointed. However, no nonlegislative citizen member shall serve more than two consecutive four-year terms. The remainder of any term to which a member is appointed to fill a vacancy shall not constitute a term in determining the member's eligibility for reappointment. Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointments.

The Virginia Wine Board shall elect a chairman and vice-chairman from among its membership. A majority of the members shall constitute a quorum, but a two-thirds vote of the members present shall be required for passage of items taken up by the Virginia Wine Board. The Virginia Wine Board shall meet at least four times each year. The meetings of the Virginia Wine Board shall be held at the call of the chairman or whenever the majority of the members so request.

(2004, cc. 89, 319.)

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