§ 45.1-195. Board of Surface Mining Review created; membership; terms; vacancies; chairman; duty
There is hereby created the Board of Surface Mining Review to be composed of three members to be appointed by the Governor, one shall be a minerals other than coal surface mining operator who has been engaged in such operations continuously for five years preceding his appointment, one shall be a property owner who at the time of his appointment owns land or is an executive officer of a corporation which owns land upon which minerals other than coal surface mining operations have been or are being conducted, and one shall be a citizen of this Commonwealth having no financial interest in any mining activity. The members shall serve for terms of four years each, except appointments to fill vacancies which shall be for unexpired terms, all of whom shall hold office at the pleasure of the Governor for their respective terms. The Board shall elect its own chairman. The Director or his designated representative shall serve as secretary to the Board but shall not be a member thereof and shall not participate in or vote upon the deliberations of the Board. The sole duty of the Board shall be to hear appeals from orders issued by the Department under this chapter, and the procedure for determining such appeals shall be as provided by § 45.1-194.
(1968, c. 734; 1974, c. 312; 1977, c. 312; 1979, c. 68; 1980, cc. 677, 728.)
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