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If authorized by the governing body the commission may (i) create and fill such other offices as it deems necessary; (ii) appoint such employees and staff as it deems necessary for its work; and (iii) contract with consultants for such services as it requires. The expenditures of the commission, exclusive of gifts or grants, shall be within the amounts appropriated for such purpose by the governing body.\n\t\tThe commission shall adopt rules for the transaction of business and shall keep a record of its transactions which shall be a public record. Upon request of the commission, the governing body or other public officials may, from time to time, for the purpose of special surveys under the direction of the commission, assign or detail to it any members of the staffs of county or municipal administrative departments, or such governing body or other public official may direct any such department employee to make for the commission special surveys or studies requested by the local commission.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":210892,"text":"The local planning commission shall elect from the appointed members a chairman and a vice-chairman, whose terms shall be for one year. If authorized by the governing body the commission may (i) create and fill such other offices as it deems necessary; (ii) appoint such employees and staff as it deems necessary for its work; and (iii) contract with consultants for such services as it requires. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 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 1962, chapter 407; in 1997, chapter 587<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":154897,"object_type":"law","relational_id":57557,"identifier":"15.2-2217","token":"15.2\/II\/22\/2\/15.2-2217","url":"\/15.2-2217\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-2217\/","token":"15.2\/II\/22\/2\/15.2-2217","dublin_core":{"Title":"Officers, employees and consultants; expenditures; rules and records; special surveys","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-2217","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The local planning commission<\/span> shall elect from the appointed members a chairman and a vice-chairman, whose terms shall be for one year. If authorized by the governing body<\/span> the commission may (i) create and fill such other offices as it deems necessary; (ii) appoint such employees and staff as it deems necessary for its work; and (iii) contract<\/span> with consultants for such services as it requires. The expenditures of the commission, exclusive of gifts or grants, shall be within the amounts appropriated for such purpose by the governing body<\/span>.\n\t\tThe commission shall adopt rules for the transaction of business and shall keep a record of its transactions which shall be a public record. Upon request of the commission, the governing body<\/span> or other public officials may, from time to time, for the purpose of special surveys under the direction of the commission, assign or detail to it any members of the staffs of county<\/span> or municipal administrative departments, or such governing body<\/span> or other public official may direct any such department employee to make for the commission special surveys or studies requested by the local commission.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nOFFICERS, EMPLOYEES AND CONSULTANTS; EXPENDITURES; RULES AND RECORDS; SPECIAL\nSURVEYS (\u00a7 15.2-2217)\n\nThe local planning commission shall elect from the appointed members a chairman\nand a vice-chairman, whose terms shall be for one year. If authorized by the\ngoverning body the commission may (i) create and fill such other offices as it\ndeems necessary; (ii) appoint such employees and staff as it deems necessary for\nits work; and (iii) contract with consultants for such services as it requires.\nThe expenditures of the commission, exclusive of gifts or grants, shall be\nwithin the amounts appropriated for such purpose by the governing body.\n\t\tThe commission shall adopt rules for the transaction of business and shall\nkeep a record of its transactions which shall be a public record. Upon request\nof the commission, the governing body or other public officials may, from time\nto time, for the purpose of special surveys under the direction of the\ncommission, assign or detail to it any members of the staffs of county or\nmunicipal administrative departments, or such governing body or other public\nofficial may direct any such department employee to make for the commission\nspecial surveys or studies requested by the local commission.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 15-963.5; 1962, c. 407, \u00a7 15.1-442; 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}}