15.2-805 - Tenure of county executive; suspension or removal.
§ 15.2-805. Tenure of county executive; suspension or removal.
The urban county executive shall not be appointed for a definite tenure, butmay be removed at the pleasure of the board. If the board determines toremove the urban county executive, he shall be given, if he so demands, awritten statement of the reasons alleged for the proposed removal and theright to a hearing thereon at a public meeting of the board prior to the dateon which his final removal takes effect. Pending and during such hearing, theboard may suspend him from office, provided that the period of suspension belimited to thirty days. The board's action in suspending or removing theurban county executive shall not be subject to review by any court.
(Code 1950, § 15-384.20; 1960, c. 382; 1962, c. 623, § 15.1-732; 1997, c.587.)