West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 159 - Building Commission › Title 159 - PROCEDURAL RULES STATE BUILDING COMMISSION › Series 159-01 - Procedural Rules For Meetings › Section 159-1-3 - Commission

Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 28, July 12, 2024
3.1. Powers. The Commission shall have such
				duties and responsibilities as provided for in Article 5, Chapter 5 of the West
				Virginia Code, 1931, as amended.
3.2. Membership, Number, Term of Office and
				Compensation. The Commission membership shall consist of the Governor, Attorney
				General, Treasurer and four addi­tional members to be appointed by the
				Gover­nor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The
				Secretary of State shall be a mem­ber of the Commission, but shall not
				have the right to vote upon matters before the Commis­sion. All members
				shall be citizens and resi­dents of West Virginia. No more than three of
				the members appointed by the Governor shall be members of the same political
				party, nor be members or employees of the executive, legis­lative or
				judicial branches of government of West Virginia or any political subdivision
				thereof. The terms of office for members appointed by the Governor shall be for
				one, two, three and four years respectively. Mem­bers of the Commission
				shall be paid or reim­bursed for their necessary expenses incurred in
				the performance of their duties, but shall receive no compensation for their
				services as members or officers of the Commission, except that members
				appointed by the Governor shall, in addition to reimbursement for necessary
				expenses, receive a per diam of thirty-five dollars ($35.00) for each day or
				substantial portion thereof engaged in the work of the Commission.
3.3. Quorum. Four members of the Commission,
				or their designated alternates, shall constitute a quorum, and the affirmative
				vote of a majority of the members shall be necessary for any action taken by
				vote of the Commission.
3.4.
				Designated Alternates. Members who must absent themselves from a meeting or
				other functions of the Commission may desig­nate in writing an
				alternate, who shall not be a member of the Commission, to the Chairman. The
				designated alternate shall have the proxy of that member, and shall have the
				full author­ity to participate and vote at meetings and other actions of
				the Commission in the stead of that member.
3.5. Meetings.
(a) The Commission shall meet at least
				annually. Special Meetings of the Com­mission may be called at any time
				by the Chairman, the Executive Director or any two members of the Commission.
				The Secretary of the Commission shall give notice to each member of the
				Commission of each special meeting by mailing a notice at least two (2)
calendar
days before the meeting or by
				deliv­ering the same on the day before the meeting, but such notice may
				be waived by any member of the Commission. Notices shall be consid­ered
				waived if a Commission member shall attend in person, or if each Commission
				mem­ber shall file with the records of the meeting, either before or
				after the holding of the meet­ing, a written waiver of notice.
				Attendance shall not constitute a waiver of notice if a Commission member
				attends for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of business at
				a meeting because it is not lawfully called or convened. Unless otherwise
				indicated in the notice thereof, any and all business may be transacted at a
				special meeting.
(b) Any document
				to be voted upon at a regular meeting of the Commission shall be mailed to each
				member not less than ten (10) calendar days prior to the meeting.
				Docu­ments to be voted upon at a special meeting of the Commission shall
				be mailed with the notice of the meeting. Failure to mail documents as provided
				in this subsection may be waived upon vote of the members present.