§ 37.2-502. Community services board members; term of office; vacancies;removal.
The term of office of each member of a community services board shall be forthree years from January 1 of the year of appointment or, at the option ofthe governing body of a county or city, from July 1 of the year ofappointment, except that of the members first appointed, several shall beappointed for terms of one year each, several for terms of two years each,and the remaining members of the board for terms of three years each. Theappointment of members for one-year, two-year, and three-year terms shall beas nearly equal as possible with regard to the total number of members on theboard. If a governing body has appointed members for terms commencing January1 or July 1 but desires to change the date on which the terms of officecommence, the governing body may, as the terms of the members then in officeexpire, appoint successors for terms of two and one-half or three andone-half years, so that the terms expire on June 30 or December 31. In thecase of a board established by more than one city or county, the decision tochange the date on which terms of office commence shall be the unanimousdecision of all governing bodies. Vacancies shall be filled for unexpiredterms in the same manner as original appointments. No person shall beeligible to serve more than three full terms; however, a person firstappointed to fill an unexpired term may serve three additional fullthree-year terms. The remainder of a term to which a member is firstappointed to fill a vacancy shall not constitute a term in determining themember's eligibility for reappointment. However, after a one-year period haselapsed since the end of the member's last three-year term, the governingbody may reappoint that member. Any member of a board may be removed by theappointing authority for cause, after being given a written statement of thecauses and an opportunity to be heard thereon.
(1968, c. 477, § 37.1-196; 1970, c. 346; 1972, c. 498; 1977, c. 88; 1979, c.391; 1980, c. 582; 1998, c. 680; 2005, c. 716; 2007, c. 570; 2010, c. 71.)
§ 37.2-502. Community services board members; term of office; vacancies;removal.
The term of office of each member of a community services board shall be forthree years from January 1 of the year of appointment or, at the option ofthe governing body of a county or city, from July 1 of the year ofappointment, except that of the members first appointed, several shall beappointed for terms of one year each, several for terms of two years each,and the remaining members of the board for terms of three years each. Theappointment of members for one-year, two-year, and three-year terms shall beas nearly equal as possible with regard to the total number of members on theboard. If a governing body has appointed members for terms commencing January1 or July 1 but desires to change the date on which the terms of officecommence, the governing body may, as the terms of the members then in officeexpire, appoint successors for terms of two and one-half or three andone-half years, so that the terms expire on June 30 or December 31. In thecase of a board established by more than one city or county, the decision tochange the date on which terms of office commence shall be the unanimousdecision of all governing bodies. Vacancies shall be filled for unexpiredterms in the same manner as original appointments. No person shall beeligible to serve more than three full terms; however, a person firstappointed to fill an unexpired term may serve three additional fullthree-year terms. The remainder of a term to which a member is firstappointed to fill a vacancy shall not constitute a term in determining themember's eligibility for reappointment. However, after a one-year period haselapsed since the end of the member's last three-year term, the governingbody may reappoint that member. Any member of a board may be removed by theappointing authority for cause, after being given a written statement of thecauses and an opportunity to be heard thereon.
(1968, c. 477, § 37.1-196; 1970, c. 346; 1972, c. 498; 1977, c. 88; 1979, c.391; 1980, c. 582; 1998, c. 680; 2005, c. 716; 2007, c. 570; 2010, c. 71.)
§ 37.2-502. Community services board members; term of office; vacancies;removal.
The term of office of each member of a community services board shall be forthree years from January 1 of the year of appointment or, at the option ofthe governing body of a county or city, from July 1 of the year ofappointment, except that of the members first appointed, several shall beappointed for terms of one year each, several for terms of two years each,and the remaining members of the board for terms of three years each. Theappointment of members for one-year, two-year, and three-year terms shall beas nearly equal as possible with regard to the total number of members on theboard. If a governing body has appointed members for terms commencing January1 or July 1 but desires to change the date on which the terms of officecommence, the governing body may, as the terms of the members then in officeexpire, appoint successors for terms of two and one-half or three andone-half years, so that the terms expire on June 30 or December 31. In thecase of a board established by more than one city or county, the decision tochange the date on which terms of office commence shall be the unanimousdecision of all governing bodies. Vacancies shall be filled for unexpiredterms in the same manner as original appointments. No person shall beeligible to serve more than three full terms; however, a person firstappointed to fill an unexpired term may serve three additional fullthree-year terms. The remainder of a term to which a member is firstappointed to fill a vacancy shall not constitute a term in determining themember's eligibility for reappointment. However, after a one-year period haselapsed since the end of the member's last three-year term, the governingbody may reappoint that member. Any member of a board may be removed by theappointing authority for cause, after being given a written statement of thecauses and an opportunity to be heard thereon.
(1968, c. 477, § 37.1-196; 1970, c. 346; 1972, c. 498; 1977, c. 88; 1979, c.391; 1980, c. 582; 1998, c. 680; 2005, c. 716; 2007, c. 570; 2010, c. 71.)
