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VA Code § 62.1-69.40 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 62.1 - Waters of the State, Ports and Harbors|Chapter 5.5 - Roanoke River Basin Bi-State Commission|§ 62.1-69.40. Standing and ad hoc committees

To facilitate communication among stakeholders in the Roanoke River Basin, and to maximize participation by all interested parties, the Commission shall establish both standing and ad hoc committees. The Commission shall appoint the members of the standing and ad hoc committees, in accordance with guidelines adopted by the Commission. The standing committees shall include, but not be limited to, the following:1. Permit holders. The Commission shall identify those entities that hold permits issued by a federal, state or local regulatory agency pertaining to the water of the Basin. Such entities may recommend a representative to be appointed to the committee by the Commission;2. Roanoke River Basin interest groups. The Commission shall identify interest groups that may recommend a representative to be appointed to the committee by the Commission;3. Public officials and government entities. The committee shall be composed of representatives of each county, city and town located completely or partially within the Basin, and any other governmental entities that the Commission deems appropriate may recommend one member to be appointed to the committee by the Commission. The committee may also include the U.S. Senators from Virginia and North Carolina or their designees, and any member of the U.S. House of Representatives or his designee, whose district includes any portion of the Basin, if such members elect to serve on the committee; and4. Agriculture, forestry and soil and water conservation districts. The Commission shall identify persons who represent agricultural and forestry interests throughout the Basin and representatives from the soil and water conservation districts within the Basin and shall appoint representatives from these groups to the committee. 2002, cc. 657, 843; 2003, c. 885.
VA Code § 62.1-69.41 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 62.1 - Waters of the State, Ports and Harbors|Chapter 5.5 - Roanoke River Basin Bi-State Commission|§ 62.1-69.41. Staffing and support

The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality and the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources shall provide staff support to the Commission. Additional staff may be hired or contracted by the Commission through funds raised by or provided to it. The duties and compensation of such additional staff shall be determined and fixed by the Commission, within available resources.All agencies of the Commonwealth of Virginia and the State of North Carolina shall cooperate with the Commission and, upon request, shall assist the Commission in fulfilling its responsibilities. The Virginia Secretary of Natural and Historic Resources and the North Carolina Secretary of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources or their designees shall each serve as the liaison between their respective state agencies and the Commission.2002, cc. 657, 843; 2003, c. 885; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 401.
VA Code § 62.1-69.42 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 62.1 - Waters of the State, Ports and Harbors|Chapter 5.5 - Roanoke River Basin Bi-State Commission|§ 62.1-69.42. Funding

A. The Commission shall annually adopt a budget, which shall include the Commission's estimated expenses. Funding for the Commission shall be shared and apportioned between the Commonwealth of Virginia and the State of North Carolina. The appropriation of public funds to the Commission shall be provided through each state's regular process for appropriating public funds. The Virginia planning district commissions within the Basin shall bear a proportion of Virginia's share of the expenses, which may be in the form of in-kind contributions.B. The Commission shall designate a fiscal agent.C. The accounts and records of the Commission showing the receipt and disbursement of funds from whatever source derived shall be in such form as the Virginia Auditor of Public Accounts and the North Carolina State Auditor prescribe, provided that such accounts shall correspond as nearly as possible to the accounts and records for such matters maintained by similar enterprises. The accounts and records of the Commission shall be subject to an annual audit by the Virginia Auditor of Public Accounts and the North Carolina State Auditor or their legal representatives, and the costs of such audit services shall be borne by the Commission. The results of the audits shall be delivered to the appropriate legislative oversight committees in each state. 2002, cc. 657, 843; 2003, c. 885.
VA Code § 62.1-69.43 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 62.1 - Waters of the State, Ports and Harbors|Chapter 5.5 - Roanoke River Basin Bi-State Commission|§ 62.1-69.43. Compensation and expenses

A. Legislative members of the Virginia delegation to the Commission shall receive such compensation as provided in § 30-19.12, and nonlegislative members shall receive such compensation for the performance of their duties as provided in § 2.2-2813. All voting members shall be reimbursed for all reasonable and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties as provided in §§ 2.2-2813 and 2.2-2825. However, all such expenses shall be paid from existing appropriations and funds provided to the Commission or, if unfunded, shall be approved by the Joint Rules Committee.Members of the Virginia House of Delegates and the Senate of Virginia, and members of the Virginia Congressional delegation, who have not been appointed to the Commission, whose districts include any portion of the Basin, and who serve as nonvoting ex officio members of the Commission shall serve without compensation and expenses.Nonlegislative citizen members appointed to any standing committees or ad hoc committees shall serve without compensation and expenses.B. The North Carolina members of the Commission shall receive per diem, subsistence, and travel expenses as follows:1. Ex officio legislative members who are members of the General Assembly at the rate established in North Carolina G.S. 138-6;2. Commission members who are officials or employees of the State or of local government agencies at the rate established in North Carolina G.S. 138-6; and3. All other members at the rate established in North Carolina G.S. 138-5.2002, cc. 657, 843; 2003, c. 885.
VA Code § 62.1-69.44 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 62.1 - Waters of the State, Ports and Harbors|Chapter 5.5 - Roanoke River Basin Bi-State Commission|§ 62.1-69.44. Annual report required

The Commission shall submit an annual report, including any recommendations, to the Governor and General Assembly of Virginia and the Governor and General Assembly of North Carolina. 2002, cc. 657, 843; 2003, c. 885.
VA Code § 62.1-69.45 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 62.1 - Waters of the State, Ports and Harbors|Chapter 5.6 - Rivanna River Basin Commission|§ 62.1-69.45. Definitions

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:"Rivanna River Basin" means that land area designated as the Rivanna River Basin by the State Water Control Board pursuant to § 62.1-44.38 and that is also found in the Fifteenth, Seventeenth, Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth state Senatorial districts or the Twenty-fifth, Fifty-seventh, Fifty-eighth and Fifty-ninth House of Delegates districts, as those districts existed on January 1, 2002.2004, c. 394.
VA Code § 62.1-69.46 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 62.1 - Waters of the State, Ports and Harbors|Chapter 5.6 - Rivanna River Basin Commission|§ 62.1-69.46. The Rivanna River Basin Commission; establishment; purpose

A. The Rivanna River Basin Commission (the Commission) shall be established as an independent local entity without political subdivision status, and shall be established upon the passage of a resolution by three-fourths of the Rivanna River Basin's localities, in which not less than three percent of the jurisdiction is found wholly or partially within the Rivanna River Basin, that commits them to participation in the Commission as described in this chapter. Localities located in the Rivanna River Basin include the Counties of Albemarle, Fluvanna, Greene, Louisa, Orange and Nelson, and the City of Charlottesville. The resolution shall contain the following language:"The (governing body) of this jurisdiction hereby agrees to become a member of and participate in the Rivanna River Basin Commission as described in Chapter 5.6 (§ 62.1-69.45 et seq.) of Title 62.1 of the Code of Virginia."B. The purpose of the Commission shall be to provide guidance for the stewardship and enhancement of the water and natural resources of the Rivanna River Basin. The Commission shall be a forum in which local governments and citizens can discuss issues affecting the Basin's water quality and quantity and other natural resources. Through promoting communication, coordination, and education, and by suggesting appropriate solutions to identified problems, the Commission shall promote activities by local, state, and federal governments, and by individuals, that foster resource stewardship for the environmental and economic health of the Basin.2004, c. 394.
VA Code § 62.1-69.47 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 62.1 - Waters of the State, Ports and Harbors|Chapter 5.6 - Rivanna River Basin Commission|§ 62.1-69.47. Membership; terms; vacancies; chairman and vice-chairman; quorum; meetings; voting

A. The Commission shall consist of 14 nonlegislative members as follows: two members each of the local elected governing body of the Counties of Albemarle, Fluvanna, and Greene, and the City of Charlottesville; two nonlegislative citizen members, one each from the Culpeper Soil and Water Conservation District and the Thomas Jefferson Soil and Water Conservation District; and four nonlegislative citizen members at-large, one member each appointed by the local elected governing body of the Counties of Albemarle, Fluvanna, and Greene, and the City of Charlottesville, upon the recommendation of the Thomas Jefferson Planning District Commission. All members recommended by the Thomas Jefferson Planning District Commission and appointed to the Commission by the relevant local elected governing bodies shall be citizens who demonstrate interest, experience, or expertise in water-related Basin issues.B. Members of the Commission who are local elected governing body officials or members of the soil and water conservation districts shall serve terms coincident with their terms of office. Initial appointments of the four nonlegislative citizen-at-large members shall be staggered as follows: two members for a term of two years; and two members for a term of four years. 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 nonlegislative citizen at-large 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.C. The Commission shall elect a chairman and vice-chairman from among its membership. A majority of the voting members shall constitute a quorum. The meetings of the Commission shall be held at the call of the chairman or whenever the majority of the members so request. Each member of the Commission shall have an equal vote. 2004, c. 394.
VA Code § 62.1-69.48 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 62.1 - Waters of the State, Ports and Harbors|Chapter 5.6 - Rivanna River Basin Commission|§ 62.1-69.48. Compensation; expenses

Members of the Commission may receive compensation and may be reimbursed for reasonable and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties as the Commission may deem appropriate. The costs of compensation and expenses shall be paid from such funds as may be available to the Commission. 2004, c. 394.
VA Code § 62.1-69.49 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 62.1 - Waters of the State, Ports and Harbors|Chapter 5.6 - Rivanna River Basin Commission|§ 62.1-69.49. Funding

A. The Commission shall adopt annually a budget that includes the Commission's estimated expenses. A process for distributing the costs for the support of the Commission among the relevant local governing bodies, based on each jurisdiction's proportional share of the population within the Rivanna River Basin, shall be determined by the Commission's local elected governing body members, unless such members choose otherwise.B. The Commission shall designate a fiscal agent annually. 2004, c. 394.
VA Code § 62.1-69.50 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 62.1 - Waters of the State, Ports and Harbors|Chapter 5.6 - Rivanna River Basin Commission|§ 62.1-69.50. Powers and duties of the Rivanna River Basin Commission

The Rivanna River Basin Commission shall have the following powers and duties:1. Develop a plan to promote the coordination of water management within the Basin to maintain flow conditions to protect instream beneficial uses and public water supplies for human consumption;2. Provide guidance and make recommendations to local, state, and federal legislative and administrative bodies, and to others as it deems necessary and appropriate, regarding the use, stewardship, and enhancement of the Basin's water and other natural resources;3. Undertake studies and prepare, publish, and disseminate information in reports and in other forms related to the water and natural resources of the Basin and to further its purposes and mission, including but not limited to studies to determine the flow conditions necessary to protect instream beneficial uses and public water supplies for human consumption;4. Enter into contracts and execute all instruments necessary or appropriate;5. Perform any lawful acts necessary or appropriate;6. Establish a nonprofit corporation as an instrumentality of the Commonwealth to assist in the details of administering its affairs and in raising funds;7. Seek, apply for, accept, and expend gifts, grants, and donations, services, and other aids, from public or private sources. Other than those from member jurisdictions and those appropriated by the General Assembly, funds may be accepted by the Commission only after an affirmative vote by the Commission or by following such other procedure as may be established by the Commission for the conduct of its business;8. Establish balanced advisory committees that may include representation from agricultural, environmental, resource-based, industrial, recreational, riparian landowner, development, educational, and other interests as it deems necessary and appropriate; and9. Develop rules and procedures for the conduct of its business as necessary to carry out its purpose and mission, including but not limited to, selecting a chairman and vice-chairman, rotating chairmanships, calling meetings and establishing voting procedures. Rules and procedures developed pursuant to this subdivision shall be effective upon an affirmative vote of a majority of the Commission's members. 2004, c. 394.
VA Code § 62.1-69.51 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 62.1 - Waters of the State, Ports and Harbors|Chapter 5.6 - Rivanna River Basin Commission|§ 62.1-69.51. Staffing and support

The local governing bodies, soil and water conservation districts, and planning district commissions found wholly or partially in the Rivanna River Basin may provide staff support to the Commission as the localities determine appropriate. Additional staff support may be hired or contracted for by the Commission through funds raised by or provided to it. The Commission shall determine the duties of such staff and fix compensation within available resources. All agencies of the Commonwealth shall provide assistance to the Commission, upon request. 2004, c. 394.
VA Code § 62.1-69.52 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 62.1 - Waters of the State, Ports and Harbors|Chapter 5.6 - Rivanna River Basin Commission|§ 62.1-69.52. Withdrawal; dissolution

A. A locality may withdraw from the Commission one year after providing written notice to the Commission of its intent to do so.B. The Commission may be dissolved (i) upon three-fourths vote of its members, (ii) if the membership falls below three-fourths of the number of localities eligible for membership in the Commission, or (iii) by repeal or expiration of this chapter.C. Upon the Commission's dissolution, all funds and assets of the Commission, including funds received from private sources, shall be divided and distributed on a pro rata basis to the member local governing bodies. All state funds and assets, if any, shall be transferred to the Office of the Secretary of Natural Resources for appropriate distribution. 2004, c. 394.
VA Code § 62.1-70 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 62.1 - Waters of the State, Ports and Harbors|Chapter 6 - Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission|§ 62.1-70. Governor to execute Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Compact

The Governor of Virginia is hereby authorized and requested to execute, on behalf of the Commonwealth of Virginia, the Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Compact which the Commonwealth of Virginia has been invited to join. The compact is in the words and figures set out in § 62.1-71.Code 1950, § 62-67.1; 1968, c. 659.
VA Code § 62.1-72 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 62.1 - Waters of the State, Ports and Harbors|Chapter 6 - Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission|§ 62.1-72. Effect of signing compact

The Commonwealth of Virginia, hereby through the signature of its Governor hereto, adds its name to those of the states of Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and West Virginia as the parties to and signatory states of the foregoing Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Compact, and hereby covenants and agrees as hereinabove set forth in such compact. The signature by the Governor of Virginia, to the foregoing compact on behalf of the Commonwealth of Virginia, shall bind the Commonwealth and indicate its assent to and acceptance of the terms and conditions of such compact.Code 1950, § 62-67.3; 1968, c. 659.
VA Code § 62.1-73 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 62.1 - Waters of the State, Ports and Harbors|Chapter 6 - Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission|§ 62.1-73. Appointment and removal of Virginia members of Commission

In pursuance of Article IV of said compact there shall be three members of the Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission from Virginia. Two members of the Commission shall be appointed by the Governor, subject to confirmation by the General Assembly, from the membership of the State Water Control Board continued under § 62.1-44.7. The term of the commissioner shall be coincident with that of his term upon the State Water Control Board. Any vacancy in the office of the commissioner shall be filled by appointment by the Governor. The third Virginia member of the Commission shall be the Director of the Department of Environmental Quality. Any member of the Commission appointed pursuant to this section who cannot be present at a meeting of the Commission, or at any committee or subcommittee of the Commission, may designate any employee of the Department of Environmental Quality or a member of the State Water Control Board to attend the meeting and vote on his behalf. Any commissioner may be removed from office by the Governor.Code 1950, § 62-67.4; 1968, c. 659; 2005, c. 517; 2009, c. 467; 2013, cc. 756, 793.
VA Code § 62.1-74 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 62.1 - Waters of the State, Ports and Harbors|Chapter 6 - Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission|§ 62.1-74. Powers of Commission; duties of state officers, departments, etc.; jurisdiction of certain courts; enforcement

Subject to the terms of such compact there is hereby granted to the Commission and commissioners thereof all the powers provided for in the compact, and all the powers necessary or incidental to the carrying out of the compact in every particular. All officers of this Commonwealth are hereby authorized and directed to do all things falling within their respective provinces and jurisdiction necessary or incidental to the carrying out of the compact in every particular, it being hereby declared to be the policy of this Commonwealth to perform and carry out the compact and to accomplish the purposes thereof. All officers, bureaus, departments, and persons of and in the state government or administration of this Commonwealth are hereby authorized and directed at convenient times and upon request of the Commission to furnish it with information and data possessed by them or any of them and to aid the Commission by loan of personnel or other means lying within their legal powers, respectively. The courts of record of this Commonwealth are hereby granted the jurisdiction specified in Article IX of the compact, and the Attorney General and other law enforcing officers of this Commonwealth are hereby granted the power to institute any action for the enforcement of the orders of the Commission as specified in Article IX of the compact.Code 1950, § 62-67.5; 1968, c. 659.
VA Code § 62.1-75 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 62.1 - Waters of the State, Ports and Harbors|Chapter 6 - Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission|§ 62.1-75. Powers granted Commission are supplemental

Any powers herein granted to the Commission shall be regarded as in aid of and supplemental to and in no case a limitation upon any of the powers vested in the Commission by other laws of this Commonwealth or by the laws of the states of Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Tennessee, or by Congress, or by the terms of the compact.Code 1950, § 62-67.6; 1968, c. 659.
VA Code § 62.1-76 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 62.1 - Waters of the State, Ports and Harbors|Chapter 6 - Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission|§ 62.1-76. Expenses of members

The commissioners shall be reimbursed out of moneys appropriated for such purposes all sums which they necessarily expend in the discharge of their duties as members of such Commission.Code 1950, § 62-67.7; 1968, c. 659.
VA Code § 62.1-77 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 62.1 - Waters of the State, Ports and Harbors|Chapter 6 - Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission|§ 62.1-77. Officers and employees; meetings

The Commission shall elect from its membership a chairman, and may also select a secretary who need not be a member. The Commission may employ such assistants as it deems necessarily required, and the duties of such assistants shall be prescribed and their compensation fixed by the Commission and paid out of the state treasury out of funds appropriated for such purposes upon the requisition of the Commission. The Commission shall meet at times and places agreed upon by the commissioners or upon call of its chairman.Code 1950, § 62-67.8; 1968, c. 659.
VA Code § 62.1-78 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 62.1 - Waters of the State, Ports and Harbors|Chapter 6 - Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission|§ 62.1-78. Chapter effective in due course, upon signature of Governor

This chapter shall become effective in due course provided the Governor signs the compact heretofore referred to on behalf of the Commonwealth.Code 1950, § 62-67.9; 1968, c. 659.