Code of Virginia - Title 15.2 Counties, Cities And Towns - Chapter 12 General Powers And Procedures Of Counties

15.2-1200 General powers of counties
Any county may adopt such measures as it deems expedient to secure and promote the health, safety and general welfare of its inhabitants which are ...

15.2-1201 County boards of supervisors vested with powers and authority of councils of cities and towns; exce...
The boards of supervisors of counties are hereby vested with the same powers and authority as the councils of cities and towns by virtue of ...

15.2-1201.1 Description unavailable
Not set out. (1997, c. 613, § 15.1-539.1.) ...

15.2-1201.2 Discount for early payment of taxes
Counties may by ordinance establish a discount for the early payment of any tax or assessment imposed by the county. (2003, c. 216.) ...

15.2-1202 Appropriation of money to incorporated towns
The governing body of any county may appropriate such sums as it desires to any incorporated town or towns within the boundaries of the county. ...

15.2-1203 Governing body may require treasurer to pay claims
The governing body of any county may require the treasurer of the county to pay all claims or other obligations for which the governing body ...

15.2-1204 Appropriations for advertising resources, etc., by counties
The governing body of any county may appropriate funds for advertising and giving publicity to the resources and advantages of their county, and in securing ...

15.2-1205 Allocation of county funds or property to authorities created by county
The governing body of any county may give, lend or advance in any manner that it deems proper funds or other county property, not otherwise ...

15.2-1206 Pistols and revolvers; license tax on dealers
The governing body of any county may impose a license tax of not more than twenty-five dollars on persons engaged in the business of selling ...

15.2-1207 Same; reports of sales
The governing body of any county may require sellers of pistols and revolvers to furnish the clerk of the circuit court of the county, within ...

15.2-1208 Same; in certain counties
Chapter 297 of the Acts of Assembly of 1944, approved March 29, 1944, requiring permits to sell or purchase pistols or revolvers in any county ...

15.2-1209 Prohibiting outdoor shooting of firearms or arrows from bows in certain areas
Any county may prohibit the outdoor shooting of firearms or arrows from bows in any areas of the county which are in the opinion of ...

15.2-1209.1 Counties may regulate carrying of loaded firearms on public highways
The governing body of any county is hereby empowered to adopt ordinances making it unlawful for any person to carry or have in his possession, ...

15.2-1210 Prohibiting hunting in certain areas
Any county may by ordinance prohibit all hunting with firearms or other weapons in, or within one-half mile of, any subdivision or other area of ...

15.2-1211 Boundaries of magisterial and election districts
A. County magisterial district boundary lines and names shall be as the governing bodies may establish. Subject to the provisions of § 24.2-304.1, whenever the ...

15.2-1212 Description unavailable
Not set out. (1974, c. 398, § 15.1-527.1; 1979, c. 333; 1980, c. 393; 1997, c. 587.) ...

15.2-1213 Description unavailable
Not set out. (1990, c. 895, § 15.1-527.3; 1997, c. 587; 2008, c. 778.) ...

15.2-1213.1 Description unavailable
Not set out. (2004, cc. 18, 890.) ...

15.2-1214 County may provide motor vehicle liability insurance to protect operators of motor vehicles owned o...
The governing body of any county may provide motor vehicle liability insurance for the purpose of protecting all operators of motor vehicles owned or leased ...

15.2-1215 Authority to cut growth of grass or lawn area in certain counties
A. The Counties of Arlington, Augusta, Campbell, Chesterfield, Fairfax, Frederick, Hanover, Henrico, Henry, Isle of Wight, James City, Prince William, Roanoke, Rockingham, Washington, Wise, and ...

15.2-1216 Provision of information to prospective buyers in planned development units
Any county having an urban county executive or county executive form of government, or any county adjacent to any two or more such counties, may ...

15.2-1217 Regulation of emission of smoke from fuel-burning equipment
Any county may regulate the emission of smoke and the methods of firing and stoking furnaces and boilers and may charge such reasonable fees for ...

15.2-1218 Prevention of trespassing; animals running at large on highways
Any county may prevent trespassing by persons and animals and prevent animals from running at large upon the public highways, whether such highways are enclosed ...

15.2-1219 Prohibiting sale on highways of plants, shrubs or trees
Any county may prohibit the sale or the offering for sale of any plants, shrubs or trees or any part or parts thereof upon any ...

15.2-1220 Regulation by certain counties of persons and vehicles
The Counties of Franklin, Pulaski, and York may by ordinance impose reasonable regulations to provide for the comfort, safety and health of the general public ...

15.2-1221 Description unavailable
Repealed by Acts 2000, c. 939. ...

15.2-1222 Regulation of certain motion pictures shown at drive-in theaters
Any county may, by ordinance, regulate the screening of motion pictures, classified by the motion picture industry as being suitable for display to adult audiences ...

15.2-1223 Regulation of horse riding schools
Any county may by ordinance provide for the licensing, inspection and regulation of horse riding schools for the purpose of preventing any violation of § ...

15.2-1224 Authority to equip and maintain television transmission and relay facilities
A. Any county may equip and maintain television transmission and relay facilities in areas which are so remote from regular transmission points of large television ...

15.2-1225 Authority to establish hospitals
The governing body of any county may establish and operate hospitals in such county. (1979, c. 719, § 15.1-526.3; 1997, c. 587.) ...

15.2-1226 Description unavailable
Not set out. (1988, c. 876, § 15.1-12.1; 1997, c. 587.) ...

15.2-1227 Description unavailable
Not set out. (1950, § 15-14; 1962, cc. 400, 623, § 15.1-11; 1964, c. 31; 1968, c. 423; 1974, c. 655; 1978, c. 533; 1983, ...

15.2-1228 Description unavailable
Not set out. (1988, c. 862, § 15.1- 37.3:9; 1993, c. 791; 1995, c. 393; 1997, c. 587.) ...

15.2-1229 Petty cash funds
Whenever the governing body of any county determines that more efficient administration would be promoted thereby, it may by resolution establish one or more petty ...

15.2-1230 Monthly financial reports of officers and offices
The governing body of any county may require monthly financial reports from any officer or office of the county or of any district thereof and ...

15.2-1231 Centralized competitive purchasing by chief administrative officer
A. The governing body of any county having a chief administrative officer may provide for the centralized competitive purchasing of all supplies, equipment, materials and ...

15.2-1232 Posting of bond not prerequisite to exercise of right by county
Whenever the law requires the posting of a bond, with or without surety, as a condition precedent to the exercise of any right, a county, ...

15.2-1232.1 Auctions; pawnshops; secondhand dealers; peddling; fraud and deceit in sales; weights and measure...
A county may regulate the sale of property at auction; may regulate the conduct of and prescribe the number of pawnshops and dealers in secondhand ...

15.2-1233 Article not applicable until agent employed
The provisions of this article shall not apply to any county until the governing body employs a county purchasing agent or designates someone to perform ...

15.2-1234 Definitions
As used in this article, "supplies" means any articles or things, including equipment, which are used by or furnished to any department, institution, office, board ...

15.2-1235 Rules and regulations to govern county purchases
A. Except as otherwise provided in this article, any supplies or contractual services needed by one or more departments or agencies of the county government ...

15.2-1236 Purchases and sales to be based on competition
A. All purchases of, and contracts for, supplies and contractual services shall be in accordance with Chapter 43 (§ 2.2-4300 et seq.) of Title 2.2. ...

15.2-1237 Legal review of contracts; filing
All contracts shall be approved as to form by the county attorney or other qualified attorney and a copy of each long-term contract shall be ...

15.2-1238 Certification of sufficient funds
Except in emergency, no order for delivery on a contract or open market order for supplies or contractual services for any county department or agency ...

15.2-1239 Orders and contracts in violation of article
If any department or agency of the county government purchases or contracts for any supplies or contractual services contrary to the provisions of this article ...

15.2-1240 Violation of { 15.2-1238 or { 15.2-1239 a misdemeanor
Any violation of § 15.2-1238 or § 15.2-1239 shall be a misdemeanor and shall be punishable as provided by § 18.2-12. (Code 1950, § 15-548; ...

15.2-1241 Signing records when chairman has died, moved, etc., before signing them
When the chairman of any county governing body who should have signed the records of the proceedings of any meeting of the governing body has ...

15.2-1242 Minutes of meetings and proceedings
The governing body of every county shall cause to be recorded, in well bound books or by a microphotographic process which complies with standards adopted ...

15.2-1243 Governing body to receive, audit and approve claims; warrants
A. The governing body of every county shall receive and audit all claims against the county, except those required to be received and audited by ...

15.2-1244 Limitations on issuance of warrants
No county governing body shall order any warrant issued for any purpose other than the payment of a claim received, audited and approved as required ...

15.2-1245 Procedure for allowance of claims
A. No account shall be allowed by the governing body of the county unless made out in separate items with the nature of each item ...

15.2-1246 Appeal from disallowance of claim
When a claim of any person against a county is disallowed in whole or in part by the governing body, if such person is present, ...

15.2-1247 When disallowance of claim final; exception; when no execution to be issued
The determination of the governing body of any county disallowing a claim, in whole or in part, shall be a bar to any action in ...

15.2-1248 No action against county until claim presented to governing body
No action shall be maintained by any person against a county upon any claim or demand until such person has presented his claim to the ...

15.2-1249 Amounts allowed endorsed on claim; copies of record and accounts to be furnished
The clerk shall endorse upon every account on which any sum shall be audited and allowed by the governing body the amount so audited and ...