§ 2.2-2724. Staffing
The Board shall employ an executive director and such other persons as it deems necessary to assist it in performing its duties as set forth in this article, and, at its pleasure, remove such employees. The Board shall determine the duties of all staff and fix the salaries and compensation of such persons within the […]
§ 2.2-2725. Expired
Expired.
§ 2.2-2732. Repealed
Repealed by Acts 2011, cc. 780 and 858, cl. 2, effective April 6, 2011, and Acts 2011, cc. 594 and 681, cl. 2.
§ 2.2-2734. Southwest Virginia Cultural Heritage Foundation established; purpose
The Southwest Virginia Cultural Heritage Foundation (the Foundation) is hereby established as a body politic and corporate. The purpose of the Foundation is to encourage the economic development of Southwest Virginia through the expansion of cultural and natural heritage ventures and initiatives related to tourism and other asset-based enterprises, including the Heartwood: Southwest Virginia’s Artisan […]
§ 2.2-2718. Veterans Services Fund
A. There is created the Veterans Services Fund, a special nonreverting trust fund on the books of the Comptroller, to be administered by the Foundation. B. The Fund shall include such funds as may be appropriated by the General Assembly, revenues transferred to the Fund from other state programs established for the Fund’s benefit, and […]
§ 2.2-2719. Gifts and bequests; exemption from taxation
Gifts and bequests of money, securities, or other property to the Fund, and the interest or income therefrom, shall be deemed gifts to the Commonwealth, and the Fund shall be exempt from all state and local taxes. Unless otherwise restricted by the terms of the gift or bequest, the Foundation may sell, exchange, or otherwise […]
§ 2.2-2720. The Center for Rural Virginia; purpose
The Center for Rural Virginia, hereinafter referred to as “the Center,” is hereby created as an independent nonprofit local entity without political subdivision status, for the purpose of sustaining economic growth in the rural areas of the Commonwealth and lessening the burdens of government through the activities prescribed in subsection B of § 2.2-2723. 2004, […]
§ 2.2-2721. Center for Rural Virginia Board of Trustees established; membership; terms; vacancies; chairman, vice-chairman, secretary, and other officers as necessary; quorum; meetings
A. The Center shall be governed by a board of trustees consisting of 21 members that include six legislative members, 12 nonlegislative citizen members, and three ex officio members to be appointed as follows: four members of the House of Delegates, to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Delegates in accordance with […]
§ 2.2-2722. Compensation; expenses
Legislative members of the Board shall receive such compensation as provided in § 30-19.12, and nonlegislative citizen members shall receive such compensation for the performance of their duties as provided in § 2.2-2813. All members shall be reimbursed for reasonable and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties as provided in §§ 2.2-2813 […]
§ 2.2-2714. Estimated amount of prudent tax-supported debt; affordability considerations
Before January 1 of each year, the Committee shall submit to the Governor and to the General Assembly the Committee’s estimate of tax-supported debt that prudently may be authorized for the next fiscal year, together with a report explaining the basis for the estimate. In developing its annual estimate and in preparing its annual report, […]