TITLE 23. MISCELLANEOUS - EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS.Eastern Virginia Medical School; emergency. Revises the legal name of the Medical College of Hampton Roads to be consistent with its commonly accepted popular name, i.e., "Eastern Virginia Medical School" and strengthens and modernizes the school's authorities and status. This bill clarifies that (i) the board of visitors take office of July 1 of the appointment year; (ii) the rector or any three members may call special meetings of the board and the board may appoint an executive committee of at least three members to transact business in the recess of the board; (iii) the school may operate and own medical and health care, education, research and associated programs and establish satellite offices and facilities for such programs within or without the Commonwealth or the United States; (iv) the board of visitors has authority to contract with domestic and foreign entities for its activities; and (v) the board of visitors has authority to obtain patents, copyrights, and trademarks for intellectual properties and to administer, manage, market, transfer, and convey any interest in such intellectual properties. The bill also provides exceptions, parallel to those exceptions provided for publicly supported institutions of higher education or the publicly supported medical schools, from the prohibited contracts provisions of the conflicts of interest law, and the records disclosure and closed meeting provisions of the Freedom of Information Act. The bill reinforces the fact that the Administrative Process Act and the Public Procurement Act do not apply to Eastern Virginia Medical School, which, although established in law, is not a state-owned institution of higher education. This bill also includes numerous technical amendments to change the institution's legal name in the enabling chapter and the Code and to update the language of the enabling chapter. HB 19; CH. 87 (effective 3/4/02)/SB 35; CH. 478 (effective 4/3/02). The Miller School of Albemarle. Increases the membership of the Board of Trustees of The Miller School from nine to 15 members. Five appointments each will be made by the Governor, the Judge of the Circuit Court of Albemarle County, and by the entire Board. The bill also deletes language restricting the Board's selection of banking institutions to those entities doing business in the Commonwealth. HB 177; CH. 319. Authority to transfer certain property of the University of Virginia's College at Wise. Grants the Rector and the Board of Visitors of the University of Virginia the authority to transfer to the University of Virginia Real Estate Foundation no more than 20 acres of property located in the Town of Wise that have been previously given to the University of Virginia's College at Wise. Such property transfer will (i) only be used for residential or commercial development focused primarily on student- and College-centered endeavors, and (ii) be subject to and conditioned upon the approval of a rezoning application by the Town of Wise that is suitable for the proposed development. HB 1370; CH. 592/SB 270; CH. 610. Virginia Research and Technology Advisory Commission; policies and standards for the commercialization of intellectual property from research universities. Directs the Virginia Research and Technology Advisory Commission , in conjunction with the Center for Innovative Technology, the Office of the Attorney General and the research universities of the Commonwealth, to develop a statewide policy and uniform standard for the commercialization of intellectual property developed through university research. The Commission is required to provide such policy and standards to the Governor and the General Assembly and recommend any changes to the Code of Virginia by December 1, 2002. HB 530; CH. 382. Property conveyance. Authorizes the Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services to transfer to the Frontier Culture Museum of Virginia approximately 61 acres in Augusta County. SB 594; CH. 176. « Prev | Table of Contents by Title | Index of Bill Numbers | Next » © 2002, Commonwealth of Virginia. Page last updated 05/20/02 15:36:26. |