15.2-702 - County board; membership, terms, chairman, etc.
§ 15.2-702. County board; membership, terms, chairman, etc.
Under the county manager plan all of the legislative powers of the county,however conferred or possessed by it, shall be vested in a board of fivemembers to be known as the county board ("the board"). The members of theboard shall be elected in the manner hereinafter provided for terms of fouryears. The board shall elect one of its members as chairman, who shallpreside over its meetings. The chairman shall be elected by the boardannually and any vacancy in the office shall be filled by the board for theunexpired term. The chairman has the same powers and duties as other membersof the board with a vote but no veto and is the official head of the county.With the exception of those officers whose election is provided for bypopular vote in Article VII, Section 4 of the Constitution of Virginia, boardmembers shall be the only elective county officials. The board shall be abody corporate and as such has the right to sue and be sued in the samemanner as is now provided by law for boards of supervisors.
(Code 1950, § 15-350; 1962, c. 623, § 15.1-674; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 1; 1997,c. 587.)