CHAPTER 465

An Act to amend and reenact 8§ 63-14, 68-15, 68-20, 68-28 and 63-83, as
severally amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to the compost-
tion, meetings, appointments and terms of members of, visitations
and investigations by, the State Board of Welfare and Institutions;
and to repeal 8§ 638-29, 68-30, 68-81 and 68-82 relating to reports of
visitations by the State Board; reports to the State Board by officers
of institutions; and interference with the Board, its committees or

agents.
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Approved April 2, 1968

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §§ 63-14, 63-15, 63-20, 63-28 and 63-33, as severally amended, of
the Code of Virginia be amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 63-14. Board of Welfare and Institutions —lIn the Department of
Welfare and Institutions there shall be the Board of Welfare and Insti-
tutions, consisting of * nine members appointed by the Governor, In
making appointments the Governor shall endeavor to select appointees
of such qualifications and experience that the membership of the Board
shall include persons suitably qualified to consider and act upon the various
problems which under the laws of the Commonwealth the Board may be
required to consider and act upon. The appointments shall be subject to
confirmation by the General Assembly if in session and, if not, then at its
next succeeding session. The Board of Welfare and Institutions will usually
be referred to in this title as the “State Board” or “Board”.

§ 63-15. Term of office of members; suspension or removal.—* The
members of the Board shall be appointed for terms of four years each
beginning from the expiration of the respective terms of their prede-
cessors, except an appointment to fill a vacancy shall be for the unexpired

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The seventh, eighth and ninth members shall be appointed by the
Governor as soon after the effective date of this act as practicable. They
shall be appointed for such terms of four years or less as shall be appro-
priate in the Governor’s discretion to preserve a balanced overlapping of
the terms of the membership on such Board. Thereafter, the appointment
of such members or their successors shall be for terms of four years. For
the purpose of succession, the initial appointment of such members shall
be deemed an appointment to fill a vacancy. No person shall be eligible to
serve for or during more than two successive terms; provided, however,
any person heretofore or hereafter appointed to fill a vacancy may be
eligible for two additional successive terms after the term of the vacancy
for which he was appointed has expired *. Members of the State Board
may be suspended or removed by the Governor at his pleasure.

§ 68-20. Meetings.—The State Board shall meet at such times as tt
deems appropriate * and on call of the chairman when in his opinion *
meetings are expedient or necessary; provided, however, that the Board
shall meet at least six times each calendar year.

§ 63-28. Board to visit institutions —* The State Board, as a whole,
or by a committee of its members, or by its agents, * shall visit, inspect
and examine, * the penitentiary and the training schools under control of
the Department * at least once a year and by at least two members of the
State Board; provided, however, that as to the State Convict Road Force,
inspection of at least two of such facilities each year by at least two
members of the Board shall fulfill the requirements of this section with
regard thereto.

§ 63-33. Board to investigate institutions at direction of Governor.—
Whenever the Governor considers it proper or necessary to investigate
the management of any institution * licensed by * or required to be
inspected by the State Board under the provisions of this title, he may
direct the Board, or any committee or agent thereof, to make the inves-
tigation. The Board, committee or agent designated by the Governor shall
have power to administer oaths and to summon officers, employees or
other persons to attend as witnesses and to enforce their attendance and
to compel them to produce documents and give evidence.

2. pealed” §§ 63-29, 63-30, 63-31 and 63-32 of the Code of Virginia are
repealed.