State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > Virginia > Title-15-2 > Chapter-4 > 15-2-402

§ 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 shallbe vested in a board of county supervisors ("the board").

B. The board shall consist of one member elected from the county at large bythe qualified voters of the county and one member from each magisterial orelection district in the county elected by the qualified voters of suchmagisterial or election district. The board members shall be elected at thesame time and for the same term as provided by general law for the electionof boards of supervisors of counties. The board shall elect its chairman fromits membership.

C. Members of the board in office immediately prior to the day upon which thecounty board form becomes effective in the county shall be and, unless soonerremoved, continue as members until the expiration of their respective termsand until their successors have qualified.

D. If the change in the form of county organization and government becomeseffective on January 1 next succeeding the regular election of board membersin the county, such members-elect shall qualify and, as soon as possibleafter the county board form becomes effective in the county, succeed the thenincumbents as board members and as such continue until the expiration oftheir respective terms and until their successors have qualified.

E. At the regular November election next succeeding the approval of thecounty board form, one board member shall be elected from the county at largeby the qualified voters of the county; his term of office shall begin onJanuary 1 next succeeding such election and shall run for a term coincidentwith that of the other board members. Pending his election and taking office,the office of member from the county at large shall remain vacant.

F. Except as otherwise provided in subsection E of this section, any vacancyin the membership of the board shall be filled pursuant to Article 6 (§24.2-225 et seq.) of Chapter 2 of Title 24.2.

(Code 1950, § 15-365; 1962, c. 623, § 15.1-700; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 158;1993, c. 731; 1997, c. 587.)

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > Virginia > Title-15-2 > Chapter-4 > 15-2-402

§ 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 shallbe vested in a board of county supervisors ("the board").

B. The board shall consist of one member elected from the county at large bythe qualified voters of the county and one member from each magisterial orelection district in the county elected by the qualified voters of suchmagisterial or election district. The board members shall be elected at thesame time and for the same term as provided by general law for the electionof boards of supervisors of counties. The board shall elect its chairman fromits membership.

C. Members of the board in office immediately prior to the day upon which thecounty board form becomes effective in the county shall be and, unless soonerremoved, continue as members until the expiration of their respective termsand until their successors have qualified.

D. If the change in the form of county organization and government becomeseffective on January 1 next succeeding the regular election of board membersin the county, such members-elect shall qualify and, as soon as possibleafter the county board form becomes effective in the county, succeed the thenincumbents as board members and as such continue until the expiration oftheir respective terms and until their successors have qualified.

E. At the regular November election next succeeding the approval of thecounty board form, one board member shall be elected from the county at largeby the qualified voters of the county; his term of office shall begin onJanuary 1 next succeeding such election and shall run for a term coincidentwith that of the other board members. Pending his election and taking office,the office of member from the county at large shall remain vacant.

F. Except as otherwise provided in subsection E of this section, any vacancyin the membership of the board shall be filled pursuant to Article 6 (§24.2-225 et seq.) of Chapter 2 of Title 24.2.

(Code 1950, § 15-365; 1962, c. 623, § 15.1-700; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 158;1993, c. 731; 1997, c. 587.)


State Codes and Statutes

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > Virginia > Title-15-2 > Chapter-4 > 15-2-402

§ 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 shallbe vested in a board of county supervisors ("the board").

B. The board shall consist of one member elected from the county at large bythe qualified voters of the county and one member from each magisterial orelection district in the county elected by the qualified voters of suchmagisterial or election district. The board members shall be elected at thesame time and for the same term as provided by general law for the electionof boards of supervisors of counties. The board shall elect its chairman fromits membership.

C. Members of the board in office immediately prior to the day upon which thecounty board form becomes effective in the county shall be and, unless soonerremoved, continue as members until the expiration of their respective termsand until their successors have qualified.

D. If the change in the form of county organization and government becomeseffective on January 1 next succeeding the regular election of board membersin the county, such members-elect shall qualify and, as soon as possibleafter the county board form becomes effective in the county, succeed the thenincumbents as board members and as such continue until the expiration oftheir respective terms and until their successors have qualified.

E. At the regular November election next succeeding the approval of thecounty board form, one board member shall be elected from the county at largeby the qualified voters of the county; his term of office shall begin onJanuary 1 next succeeding such election and shall run for a term coincidentwith that of the other board members. Pending his election and taking office,the office of member from the county at large shall remain vacant.

F. Except as otherwise provided in subsection E of this section, any vacancyin the membership of the board shall be filled pursuant to Article 6 (§24.2-225 et seq.) of Chapter 2 of Title 24.2.

(Code 1950, § 15-365; 1962, c. 623, § 15.1-700; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 158;1993, c. 731; 1997, c. 587.)