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If the board establishes different terms of office pursuant to this section, the new terms shall affect future appointments to such offices and shall not affect the existing terms of any commissioner or member then serving in office. 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This law was first created in 1989. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 180 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 1989 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 1997, chapter 587<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":151529,"object_type":"law","relational_id":61838,"identifier":"15.2-505","token":"15.2\/I\/5\/2\/15.2-505","url":"\/15.2-505\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-505\/","token":"15.2\/I\/5\/2\/15.2-505","dublin_core":{"Title":"Appointment by certain localities of members of certain boards, authorities and commissions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-505","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The governing body<\/span> of a county<\/span> having the county<\/span> executive form of government that is adjacent to a county<\/span> having the urban county<\/span> executive form of government may establish different terms of office for initial and subsequent appointments for those boards, authorities and commissions for which it is given the authority to appoint members, excluding authorities empowered to issue<\/span> certificates of indebtedness.\n\t\tThe different terms of office for such boards, authorities and commissions shall be for fixed terms, and such different terms of office may include, but are not limited to, terms of either two or four years and terms that extend until July 1 of the year following the year in which there is a regular election provided by general law<\/span> for the election of supervisors<\/span>. If the board establishes different terms of office pursuant to this section, the new terms shall affect future appointments to such offices and shall not affect the existing terms of any commissioner or member then serving in office. This section shall not affect the removal of any member of a board, authority or commission for incompetency, neglect of duty or misuse of office pursuant to provisions of general law<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nAPPOINTMENT BY CERTAIN LOCALITIES OF MEMBERS OF CERTAIN BOARDS, AUTHORITIES AND\nCOMMISSIONS (\u00a7 15.2-505)\n\nThe governing body of a county having the county executive form of government\nthat is adjacent to a county having the urban county executive form of\ngovernment may establish different terms of office for initial and subsequent\nappointments for those boards, authorities and commissions for which it is given\nthe authority to appoint members, excluding authorities empowered to issue\ncertificates of indebtedness.\n\t\tThe different terms of office for such boards, authorities and commissions\nshall be for fixed terms, and such different terms of office may include, but\nare not limited to, terms of either two or four years and terms that extend\nuntil July 1 of the year following the year in which there is a regular election\nprovided by general law for the election of supervisors. If the board\nestablishes different terms of office pursuant to this section, the new terms\nshall affect future appointments to such offices and shall not affect the\nexisting terms of any commissioner or member then serving in office. This\nsection shall not affect the removal of any member of a board, authority or\ncommission for incompetency, neglect of duty or misuse of office pursuant to\nprovisions of general law.\n\nHISTORY: 1989, c. 180, \u00a7 15.1-590.1; 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}}