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Members shall be appointed to serve at the pleasure of the governing body.\n\t\tThe governing body may provide for (i) reimbursement of the actual expenses incurred by members while serving on such advisory boards, committees, and commissions and (ii) compensation to members for their services for attendance at regularly scheduled meetings, and for training in an amount determined appropriate by the governing body from available funds.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":247595,"text":"The governing body of any locality may appoint such advisory boards, committees, and commissions as it deems necessary to advise the governing body with regard to any matter of concern to the locality. 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 254 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1981 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 5 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1993, chapter 894; in 1994, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?941+ful+CHAP0165\">165<\/a>; in 1997, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?971+ful+CHAP0587\">587<\/a>; in 2002, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?021+ful+CHAP0027\">27<\/a>; in 2005, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?051+ful+CHAP0740\">740<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?051+ful+CHAP0879\">879<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":152871,"object_type":"law","relational_id":68367,"identifier":"15.2-1411","token":"15.2\/II\/14\/1\/15.2-1411","url":"\/15.2-1411\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-1411\/","token":"15.2\/II\/14\/1\/15.2-1411","dublin_core":{"Title":"Appointment of advisory boards, committees and commissions; compensation and reimbursement of expenses","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-1411","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The <span class=\"dictionary\">governing body<\/span> of any <span class=\"dictionary\">locality<\/span> may appoint such advisory boards, committees, and commissions as it deems necessary to advise the <span class=\"dictionary\">governing body<\/span> with regard to any matter of concern to the <span class=\"dictionary\">locality<\/span>. Members shall be appointed to serve at the pleasure of the <span class=\"dictionary\">governing body<\/span>.\n\t\tThe <span class=\"dictionary\">governing body<\/span> may provide for (i) reimbursement of the actual expenses incurred by members while serving on such advisory boards, committees, and commissions and (ii) compensation to members for their services for attendance at regularly scheduled meetings, and for training in an amount determined appropriate by the <span class=\"dictionary\">governing body<\/span> from available funds.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nAPPOINTMENT OF ADVISORY BOARDS, COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS; COMPENSATION AND\nREIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENSES (\u00a7 15.2-1411)\n\nThe governing body of any locality may appoint such advisory boards, committees,\nand commissions as it deems necessary to advise the governing body with regard\nto any matter of concern to the locality. Members shall be appointed to serve at\nthe pleasure of the governing body.\n\t\tThe governing body may provide for (i) reimbursement of the actual expenses\nincurred by members while serving on such advisory boards, committees, and\ncommissions and (ii) compensation to members for their services for attendance\nat regularly scheduled meetings, and for training in an amount determined\nappropriate by the governing body from available funds.\n\nHISTORY: 1981, c. 254, \u00a7 15.1-33.2; 1993, c. 894; 1994, c. 165; 1997, c. 587;\n2002, c. 27; 2005, cc. 740, 879.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}