Bill Text: VA HB58 | 2012 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Urban county executive form; filling vacancy on board of supervisors.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2012-03-30 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0396) [HB58 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2012-HB58-Chaptered.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia: 1. That §15.2-802 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows: §15.2-802. Powers of county vested in board of supervisors; membership, election, terms, etc., of board; vacancies; powers of chairman. The powers of the county as a body politic and corporate shall
be vested in an urban county board of supervisors, to consist of one member
from each district of such county and to be known as the board of supervisors ( The county chairman shall be the chairman of the board and
preside at the meetings thereof. The chairman shall represent the county at
official functions and ceremonial events. The chairman shall have all rights,
privileges, and duties of other members of the board and such others, not in
conflict with this article, as the board may prescribe. In addition, the
chairman shall have the power to (i) call special meetings of the board in
accordance with the procedures and restrictions of § 15.2-1418, mutatis
mutandis; (ii) set the agenda for board meetings; however, any such agenda may
be modified by an affirmative vote of the board; (iii) appoint county
representatives to regional boards, authorities and commissions which are
authorized in advance by the board; however, any such appointment shall be
subject to revocation by an affirmative vote of a majority of all members
elected to the board acting within the At the first meeting at the beginning of its term and any time thereafter when necessary, the board shall elect a vice-chairman from its membership who shall perform the duties of the chairman in his absence. The supervisors and chairman first elected under the provisions of this chapter shall hold office until January 1 following the next regular election provided by general law for the election of supervisors. At such election their successors shall be elected for terms of four years each. If the number of districts in any such county is increased by
redistricting or otherwise subsequent to a general election for supervisors,
and such supervisors have taken office, then the board shall adopt a resolution
requesting a judge of the circuit court for such county to call a special election
for an additional supervisor or supervisors in accordance with the increase in
the number of districts, such additional supervisor or supervisors to be
elected from the county at large, and such election shall be held within If a vacancy occurs on the board, the chief judge of the
circuit court for such county shall call a special election, in the district if
the vacancy is of a district supervisor, or in the county at large if the
vacancy is of the chairman, to be held not fewer than |