15.2-715 - Abolition of offices and distribution of duties.
§ 15.2-715. Abolition of offices and distribution of duties.
The board, by a majority vote of all the members elected, may abolish anyboard, commission, or office of such county except the school board andschool superintendent, and the officers elected by popular vote provided forin Article VII, Section 4 of the Constitution of Virginia, and may delegateand distribute the duties, authority and powers of the boards, commissions,or offices abolished to the county manager or to any other officer of thecounty it may think proper. If any such board, commission, or office isabolished, those to whom the duties thereof are delegated or distributedshall discharge the duties and exercise the powers and authorities of theabolished entity. Both they and the county for which they were appointed, orby whom they were employed, shall enjoy the immunities and exemptions fromliability or otherwise that were enjoyed by the abolished boards,commissions, or offices, prior to the adoption of the county manager plan ofgovernment, except insofar as such duties, powers, authority, immunities andexemptions have been or hereafter may be changed according to law.
(Code 1950, § 15-354; 1962, c. 623, § 15.1-685; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 1; 1997,c. 587; 2005, c. 839.)