15.2-705 - Election of members of board; filling vacancies.
§ 15.2-705. Election of members of board; filling vacancies.
A. In any county operating as of December 1, 1993, under the county managerplan provided for in this chapter, the members of the board shall be electedand vacancies on the board shall be filled as provided in this section. Themembers of the board shall be elected from the county at large.
B. Two board members shall be elected at the November 1995 election tosucceed the members whose terms are expiring, and one member each shall beelected at the 1994, 1996, and 1997 November elections to succeed the memberswhose terms respectively are expiring. Thereafter at each regular Novemberelection one or more board members shall be elected to succeed the memberswhose terms expire on or before January 1 next succeeding such election. Themembers so elected shall be elected for terms of four years each, shall takeoffice on January 1 next succeeding their election, and shall hold officeuntil their successors are elected and qualify.
C. Notwithstanding the provisions of § 24.2-226, when any vacancy occurs inthe membership of the board, the judge of the circuit court of the countyshall call a special election for the remainder of the unexpired term to beheld not less than forty-five days and not more than sixty days thereafter,and the local electoral board shall determine and announce within threebusiness days after such call the candidate filing deadline for that specialelection. However, if any vacancy occurs within 180 days before theexpiration of a term of office, the vacancy shall be filled by appointment bya majority vote of the remaining members of the board within thirty days ofthe occurrence of the vacancy after holding a public hearing on theappointment. The appointment shall be for the duration of the unexpired term.
(Code 1950, § 15-351; 1952, c. 591; 1954, c. 151; 1958, c. 207; 1962, c. 623,§ 15.1-676; 1975, cc. 517, 636; 1993, c. 731; 1997, c. 587; 1998, cc. 345,369.)