Code of Virginia - Title 15.2 Counties, Cities And Towns - Chapter 4 County Board Form Of Government

  • 15.2-400 Form of government to be known as county board form; applicability of chapter
    The form of county organization and government provided for in this chapter shall be known as the county board form. The provisions of this chapter ...
  • 15.2-401 Adoption of county board form
    Any county may adopt the county board form of government in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 3 (§ 15.2-300 et seq.) of this title. ...
  • 15.2-402 Board of county supervisors; election; terms; chairman; vacancies
    A. The powers and duties of the county as a body politic and corporate shall be vested in a board of county supervisors ("the board"). ...
  • 15.2-403 Same; powers and duties
    A. The board shall be the policy-determining body of the county and shall be vested with all the rights and powers conferred on boards of ...
  • 15.2-404 Appointment and compensation of officers and employees of county
    A. The board shall, except as otherwise provided in § 15.2-408 and except as the board may authorize any officer or the head of any ...
  • 15.2-405 Assignment of activities
    Any activity which is not assigned by this form of county organization and government shall be assigned by the board to the appropriate officer or ...
  • 15.2-406 Appointment, compensation and removal of county administrator
    A. The board shall appoint a county administrator and fix his compensation. He shall be appointed with due regard to merit only, and need not ...
  • 15.2-407 Powers and duties of county administrator
    A. The board may by resolution designate the county administrator as clerk of the board. In such case and upon the qualification of the county ...
  • 15.2-408 Attorney for the Commonwealth, county clerk, sheriff, commissioner of the revenue and treasurer of ...
    A. The attorney for the Commonwealth, the county clerk, the sheriff, the commissioner of the revenue and the treasurer of the county in office immediately ...
  • 15.2-409 Authority of boards of supervisors to require commissioners of revenue to prepare tax bill...
    The board may by resolution require the commissioner of revenue of such county to prepare and make all tax bills, in accord with all items ...
  • 15.2-410 County school board and division superintendent of schools
    A. The county school board and the division superintendent of schools shall exercise all the powers conferred and perform all the duties imposed upon them ...
  • 15.2-411 County health officer; county board of health
    The county health officer shall be chosen by the board of county supervisors from a list of eligibles furnished by the State Board of Health. ...
  • 15.2-412 Local board of social services and local director of social services
    The board of county supervisors shall select three qualified citizens of the county, one of whom may be a member of the board of county ...
  • 15.2-413 Department of extension and continuing education
    The department of extension and continuing education shall be established for the purpose of conducting noncredit educational programs and disseminating useful and practical information pursuant ...
  • 15.2-414 County purchasing agent
    A. The county shall have a county purchasing agent. The county administrator shall, unless and until the board selects a county purchasing agent or designates ...
  • 15.2-415 Schedule of compensation for officers and employees
    The board shall, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, establish a schedule of compensation for officers and employees which shall, so far as practical, ...
  • 15.2-416 Official bonds
    The county officers shall give such bonds as required by general law, except that the treasurer's bond shall be in such penalty as the court ...
  • 15.2-417 Examination and audit of accounts and books
    The board shall require an annual audit of the books of every county officer who handles public funds to be made by an accountant who ...
  • 15.2-418 Certain officers not affected
    The following officers shall not, except as herein otherwise provided, be affected by the adoption of the county board form: 1. Jury commissioners; 2. County ...

Last modified: April 2, 2009