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Each district shall be composed of contiguous and compact territory and shall be so constituted as to give, as nearly as is practicable, representation in proportion to the population in the district.\n\t\tThese districts shall serve as the electoral divisions for elections of members of the urban county board of supervisors, and as sanitary districts under the provisions of Article 5 (\u00a7 15.2-858), and shall have such other functions as are specified herein.\n\t\tEach district shall have at least one of its residents who is a qualified voter of the district appointed to the local planning commission of the county and to the county school board. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 6 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 1960, chapter 382; in 1962, chapter 623; in 1966, chapter 464; in 1968, chapter 797; in 1973, chapter 545; in 1997, chapter 587<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":71067,"section_number":"15.2-803","catch_line":"General powers of board of supervisors","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-803\/"},{"id":77119,"section_number":"15.2-824","catch_line":"Appointment of members of certain boards, authorities and commissions","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-824\/"},{"id":64085,"section_number":"15.2-856","catch_line":"Changes in boundaries of districts","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-856\/"},{"id":72204,"section_number":"15.2-858","catch_line":"Creation, enlargement, contraction, etc., of sanitary districts","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-858\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":75384,"section_number":"15.2-837","catch_line":"Department of education","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-837\/"},{"id":72204,"section_number":"15.2-858","catch_line":"Creation, enlargement, contraction, etc., of sanitary districts","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-858\/"}],"permalink":{"id":152351,"object_type":"law","relational_id":60014,"identifier":"15.2-855","token":"15.2\/I\/8\/4\/15.2-855","url":"\/15.2-855\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-855\/","token":"15.2\/I\/8\/4\/15.2-855","dublin_core":{"Title":"Division of county into districts; functions of districts; appointees to planning commission and school board","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-855","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Within ninety days after the adoption of the urban county<\/span> executive form of government, the board, after holding a public hearing<\/span> thereon, shall divide the county<\/span> into from five to eleven districts. Each district shall be composed of contiguous and compact territory and shall be so constituted as to give, as nearly as is practicable, representation in proportion to the population in the district.\n\t\tThese districts shall serve as the electoral divisions for elections of members of the urban county<\/span> board of supervisors<\/span>, and as sanitary districts under the provisions of Article 5 (\u00a7 15.2-858<\/a>), and shall have such other functions as are specified herein.\n\t\tEach district shall have at least one of its residents who is a qualified voter<\/span> of the district appointed to the local planning commission of the county<\/span> and to the county<\/span> school board. Each member of the county<\/span> school board shall be appointed for terms and serve in accordance with all the provisions of \u00a7 15.2-837<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDIVISION OF COUNTY INTO DISTRICTS; FUNCTIONS OF DISTRICTS; APPOINTEES TO\nPLANNING COMMISSION AND SCHOOL BOARD (\u00a7 15.2-855)\n\nWithin ninety days after the adoption of the urban county executive form of\ngovernment, the board, after holding a public hearing thereon, shall divide the\ncounty into from five to eleven districts. Each district shall be composed of\ncontiguous and compact territory and shall be so constituted as to give, as\nnearly as is practicable, representation in proportion to the population in the\ndistrict.\n\t\tThese districts shall serve as the electoral divisions for elections of\nmembers of the urban county board of supervisors, and as sanitary districts\nunder the provisions of Article 5 (\u00a7 15.2-858), and shall have such other\nfunctions as are specified herein.\n\t\tEach district shall have at least one of its residents who is a qualified\nvoter of the district appointed to the local planning commission of the county\nand to the county school board. Each member of the county school board shall be\nappointed for terms and serve in accordance with all the provisions of \u00a7\n15.2-837.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 15-384.74; 1960, c. 382; 1962, c. 623, \u00a7 15.1-787; 1966,\nc. 464; 1968, c. 797; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 201; 1973, c. 545; 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}}