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This law was first created in 1997. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 587<\/a> 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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":60562,"section_number":"15.2-1541","catch_line":"Administrative head of government","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-1541\/"}],"permalink":{"id":152957,"object_type":"law","relational_id":85875,"identifier":"15.2-1423","token":"15.2\/II\/14\/3\/15.2-1423","url":"\/15.2-1423\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-1423\/","token":"15.2\/II\/14\/3\/15.2-1423","dublin_core":{"Title":"Powers of chairman or mayor","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-1423","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

In addition to being presiding officer, the chairman or mayor, as the case may be, shall be the head of the local government<\/span> for all official functions and ceremonial purposes. He shall have a vote but no veto.\n\t\tIn the event that there is no chief administrative officer, it shall be the duty of the chairman or mayor, as the case may be, to see that the functions set forth in \u00a7 15.2-1541<\/a> are carried out if the governing body<\/span> has not acted otherwise.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPOWERS OF CHAIRMAN OR MAYOR (\u00a7 15.2-1423)\n\nIn addition to being presiding officer, the chairman or mayor, as the case may\nbe, shall be the head of the local government for all official functions and\nceremonial purposes. He shall have a vote but no veto.\n\t\tIn the event that there is no chief administrative officer, it shall be the\nduty of the chairman or mayor, as the case may be, to see that the functions set\nforth in \u00a7 15.2-1541 are carried out if the governing body has not acted\notherwise.\n\nHISTORY: 1997, c. 587.","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}}