CHAPTER 356

An Act to amend and reenact § 2-34 of the Code of Virginia, so as to
establish in the Governor’s office the Division of Industrial Develop-
ment and Planning and to amend Title 2 of the Code of Virginia by
adding thereto Chapter 6.1, consisting of § 2-57.1, relating to the
Division of Industrial Development and Planning.

[S 206]

Approved March 30, 1962

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 2-34 of the Code of Virginia be amended and reenacted as

follows:
§ 2-34. In the Governor’s office there shall be the following divisions:
Division of the Budget, * Division of Records and Division of Industrial
Development and Planning.

2. That the Code of Virginia be amended by adding thereto a section
numbered 2-57.1 as follows:

§ 2-57.1. The Division of Industrial Development and Planning shall
be under the supervision and direction of the Governor. The Governor
shall appoint an executive assistant as Director of the Division of Indus-
trial Development and Planning who shall hold his position at the pleasure
of the Governor, and who shall be paid such compensation as the Governor
may fix. The Governor shall also appoint an Advisory Board consisting
of eleven members. The executive assistant serving as Director shall be
an ex officio member of the Board. The members of the Advisory Board
shall be appointed initially as follows: Three members for terms of two
years, four members for terms of three years and four members for terms
of four years, and thereafter, all members shall be appointed for terms
of four years. The appointments to membership on the Advisory Board
shall be subject to confirmation by the General Assembly, if in session,
and, if not, then at the succeeding session. Vacancies on the Advisory
Board shail be filled for the unexpired term, subject to confirmation as
original appointees.

The members of the Advisory Board shall receive no salaries but
shall be paid their necessary travelling and other expenses incurred in
attendance upon meetings, or while otherwise engaged in the discharge
of their duties.

The Division of Industrial Development and Planning, under the
supervision and direction of the Governor, is charged with the responst-
bilities for carrying out all phases of the State’s program in the field of
industrial development including specifically the duty to (a) see that there
is prepared and carried out an effective industrial advertising and pro-
motional program and respond to inquiries resulting from the advertising
program for new industries and received from other sources; (b) make
available, in conjunction and cooperation with localities, chambers of com-
merce, and other private or public groups, to prospective new industries
basic information regarding industrial sites, natural resources and labor
supply, and other pertinent factors of interest and concern to such indus-
tries; and (c) formulate, promulgate and advance programs throughout
the State for the purpose of encouraging the location of new industries
in the State and the expansion of existing industries; in general, to en-
courage, stimulate and support the industrial development and the ex-
pansion of the economy of the Comonwealth.

The Governor shall have control of the expenditure of any funds
appropriated for the industrial advertising and promotional program
administered under the provisions of this section.

8. This act shall be in effect on and after July first, nineteen hundred
and sixty-two.