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The governing body of the city or county may subsequently increase the number of commissioners of the authority to a maximum of nine. The commissioners who are first appointed shall be designated to serve for terms of one, two, three, four and five years, respectively, from the date of their appointment, but thereafter commissioners shall be appointed as aforesaid for a term of office of four years except that all vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term. Notwithstanding any special or general law to the contrary, after July 1, 2017, no member of the Chesapeake Redevelopment and Housing Authority shall serve more than two consecutive terms. Any person who has served more than one and one-half terms as a member of the Chesapeake Redevelopment and Housing Authority as of July 1, 2017, shall not be eligible for reappointment for another consecutive term. A member of the Chesapeake Redevelopment and Housing Authority shall serve at the pleasure of the city council of the City of Chesapeake. No Chesapeake Redevelopment and Housing Authority member shall work for the Authority within one year after serving as a member. Except as may be otherwise expressly provided in the charter of a city or town specifically pertaining to such authority, no commissioner of any authority may be an officer or employee, of the city or county for which the authority is created. A commissioner shall hold office until his successor has been appointed and has qualified. A certificate of the appointment or reappointment of any commissioner shall be filed with the clerk and such certificate shall be conclusive evidence of the due and proper appointment of such commissioner. A commissioner may receive compensation as may be determined by a locality for each meeting of the authority attended by the commissioner. A commissioner shall be entitled to the necessary expenses, including traveling expenses, incurred in the discharge of his duties.\n\t\tAny exercise of the powers of an authority by its commissioners after June 30, 1968, otherwise in compliance with applicable law, is hereby declared to be valid and effective in all respects, notwithstanding that the number of commissioners exercising the powers, though not exceeding seven from July 1, 1968, through June 30, 1978, and not exceeding nine thereafter, may have exceeded the number appointed at the time the need for the authority to be activated had been determined in accordance with this section. No suit or action to vacate or set aside any exercise of said powers may be brought on the ground that the number of commissioners, though not exceeding seven from July 1, 1968, through June 30, 1978, and not exceeding nine thereafter, did exceed the number appointed at the time the need for the authority to be activated had been determined.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":234121,"text":"When the need for an authority to be activated in a city or county has been determined in the manner prescribed by law, the governing body of the city or county shall appoint not more than nine or less than five persons as commissioners of the authority created for such city or county. The governing body of the city or county may subsequently increase the number of commissioners of the authority to a maximum of nine. The commissioners who are first appointed shall be designated to serve for terms of one, two, three, four and five years, respectively, from the date of their appointment, but thereafter commissioners shall be appointed as aforesaid for a term of office of four years except that all vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term. Notwithstanding any special or general law to the contrary, after July 1, 2017, no member of the Chesapeake Redevelopment and Housing Authority shall serve more than two consecutive terms. Any person who has served more than one and one-half terms as a member of the Chesapeake Redevelopment and Housing Authority as of July 1, 2017, shall not be eligible for reappointment for another consecutive term. A member of the Chesapeake Redevelopment and Housing Authority shall serve at the pleasure of the city council of the City of Chesapeake. No Chesapeake Redevelopment and Housing Authority member shall work for the Authority within one year after serving as a member. Except as may be otherwise expressly provided in the charter of a city or town specifically pertaining to such authority, no commissioner of any authority may be an officer or employee, of the city or county for which the authority is created. A commissioner shall hold office until his successor has been appointed and has qualified. A certificate of the appointment or reappointment of any commissioner shall be filed with the clerk and such certificate shall be conclusive evidence of the due and proper appointment of such commissioner. A commissioner may receive compensation as may be determined by a locality for each meeting of the authority attended by the commissioner. A commissioner shall be entitled to the necessary expenses, including traveling expenses, incurred in the discharge of his duties.\n\t\tAny exercise of the powers of an authority by its commissioners after June 30, 1968, otherwise in compliance with applicable law, is hereby declared to be valid and effective in all respects, notwithstanding that the number of commissioners exercising the powers, though not exceeding seven from July 1, 1968, through June 30, 1978, and not exceeding nine thereafter, may have exceeded the number appointed at the time the need for the authority to be activated had been determined in accordance with this section. No suit or action to vacate or set aside any exercise of said powers may be brought on the ground that the number of commissioners, though not exceeding seven from July 1, 1968, through June 30, 1978, and not exceeding nine thereafter, did exceed the number appointed at the time the need for the authority to be activated had been determined.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":14861,"edition_id":1,"name":"Commissioners, Officers, Agents and Employees","identifier":"2","label":"article","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13338,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:50:27","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:50:27","permalink":{"id":208319,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":14861,"identifier":"2","token":"36\/1\/2","url":"\/36\/1\/2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":13338,"edition_id":1,"name":"Housing Authorities Law","identifier":"1","label":"chapter","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12779,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:40","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:40","permalink":{"id":208259,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13338,"identifier":"1","token":"36\/1","url":"\/36\/1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12779,"edition_id":1,"name":"Housing","identifier":"36","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:52","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:52","permalink":{"id":208257,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12779,"identifier":"36","token":"36","url":"\/36\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":64328,"structure_id":14861,"section_number":"36-11","catch_line":"Appointment and tenure of commissioners; compensation","url":"\/36-11\/","token":"36\/1\/2\/36-11","metadata":false},{"id":71845,"structure_id":14861,"section_number":"36-11.1","catch_line":"Compensation of commissioners in certain counties","url":"\/36-11.1\/","token":"36\/1\/2\/36-11.1","metadata":false},{"id":68251,"structure_id":14861,"section_number":"36-11.1:1","catch_line":"Compensation of commissioners generally","url":"\/36-11.1_1\/","token":"36\/1\/2\/36-11.1_1","metadata":false},{"id":62212,"structure_id":14861,"section_number":"36-11.2","catch_line":"Appointment of commissioners in certain cities","url":"\/36-11.2\/","token":"36\/1\/2\/36-11.2","metadata":false},{"id":69212,"structure_id":14861,"section_number":"36-12","catch_line":"Powers vested in commissioners; quorum","url":"\/36-12\/","token":"36\/1\/2\/36-12","metadata":false},{"id":69259,"structure_id":14861,"section_number":"36-13","catch_line":"Selection of chairman and other officers, agents and employees","url":"\/36-13\/","token":"36\/1\/2\/36-13","metadata":false},{"id":56788,"structure_id":14861,"section_number":"36-14","catch_line":"Legal counsel","url":"\/36-14\/","token":"36\/1\/2\/36-14","metadata":false},{"id":63249,"structure_id":14861,"section_number":"36-15","catch_line":"Delegation of authority","url":"\/36-15\/","token":"36\/1\/2\/36-15","metadata":false},{"id":66468,"structure_id":14861,"section_number":"36-16","catch_line":"Repealed","url":"\/36-16\/","token":"36\/1\/2\/36-16","metadata":false},{"id":69121,"structure_id":14861,"section_number":"36-17","catch_line":"Removal of commissioners","url":"\/36-17\/","token":"36\/1\/2\/36-17","metadata":false},{"id":65598,"structure_id":14861,"section_number":"36-18","catch_line":"Meetings and residence of commissioners","url":"\/36-18\/","token":"36\/1\/2\/36-18","metadata":false}],"next_section":{"id":71845,"structure_id":14861,"section_number":"36-11.1","catch_line":"Compensation of commissioners in certain counties","url":"\/36-11.1\/","token":"36\/1\/2\/36-11.1","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/36-11\/","history_text":"

The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 10 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 1956, chapter 615; in 1958, chapter 82; in 1968, chapter 696; in 1978, chapter 557; in 1986, chapter 357; in 1987, chapter 102; in 1988, chapter 601; in 2007, chapter 247<\/a>; in 2010, chapter 311<\/a>; in 2017, chapters 541<\/a> and 557<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"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":62212,"section_number":"36-11.2","catch_line":"Appointment of commissioners in certain cities","order_by":null,"url":"\/36-11.2\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":208321,"object_type":"law","relational_id":64328,"identifier":"36-11","token":"36\/1\/2\/36-11","url":"\/36-11\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/36-11\/","token":"36\/1\/2\/36-11","dublin_core":{"Title":"Appointment and tenure of commissioners; compensation","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 36-11","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

When the need for an authority to be activated in a city<\/span> or county<\/span> has been determined in the manner prescribed by law<\/span>, the governing body of the city<\/span> or county<\/span> shall appoint not more than nine or less than five persons as commissioners of the authority created for such city<\/span> or county<\/span>. The governing body of the city<\/span> or county<\/span> may subsequently increase the number of commissioners of the authority to a maximum of nine. The commissioners who are first appointed shall be designated to serve for terms of one, two, three, four and five years, respectively, from the date of their appointment, but thereafter commissioners shall be appointed as aforesaid for a term of office of four years except that all vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term. Notwithstanding any special or general law<\/span> to the contrary, after July 1, 2017, no member of the Chesapeake Redevelopment and Housing Authority<\/span> shall serve more than two consecutive terms. Any person who has served more than one and one-half terms as a member of the Chesapeake Redevelopment and Housing Authority<\/span> as of July 1, 2017, shall not be eligible for reappointment for another consecutive term. A member of the Chesapeake Redevelopment and Housing Authority<\/span> shall serve at the pleasure of the city<\/span> council of the City<\/span> of Chesapeake. No Chesapeake Redevelopment and Housing Authority<\/span> member shall work for the Authority within one year after serving as a member. Except as may be otherwise expressly provided in the charter of a city<\/span> or town<\/span> specifically pertaining to such authority, no commissioner of any authority may be an officer or employee, of the city<\/span> or county<\/span> for which the authority is created. A commissioner shall hold office until his successor has been appointed and has qualified. A certificate of the appointment or reappointment of any commissioner shall be filed with the clerk<\/span> and such certificate shall be conclusive evidence<\/span> of the due and proper appointment of such commissioner. A commissioner may receive compensation as may be determined by a locality<\/span> for each meeting of the authority attended by the commissioner. A commissioner shall be entitled to the necessary expenses, including traveling expenses, incurred in the discharge of his duties.\n\t\tAny exercise of the powers of an authority by its commissioners after June 30, 1968, otherwise in compliance with applicable law<\/span>, is hereby declared to be valid and effective in all respects, notwithstanding that the number of commissioners exercising the powers, though not exceeding seven from July 1, 1968, through June 30, 1978, and not exceeding nine thereafter, may have exceeded the number appointed at the time the need for the authority to be activated had been determined in accordance with this section. No suit or action to vacate or set aside any exercise of said powers may be brought on the ground that the number of commissioners, though not exceeding seven from July 1, 1968, through June 30, 1978, and not exceeding nine thereafter, did exceed the number appointed at the time the need for the authority to be activated had been determined.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nAPPOINTMENT AND TENURE OF COMMISSIONERS; COMPENSATION (\u00a7 36-11)\n\nWhen the need for an authority to be activated in a city or county has been\ndetermined in the manner prescribed by law, the governing body of the city or\ncounty shall appoint not more than nine or less than five persons as\ncommissioners of the authority created for such city or county. The governing\nbody of the city or county may subsequently increase the number of commissioners\nof the authority to a maximum of nine. The commissioners who are first appointed\nshall be designated to serve for terms of one, two, three, four and five years,\nrespectively, from the date of their appointment, but thereafter commissioners\nshall be appointed as aforesaid for a term of office of four years except that\nall vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term. Notwithstanding any\nspecial or general law to the contrary, after July 1, 2017, no member of the\nChesapeake Redevelopment and Housing Authority shall serve more than two\nconsecutive terms. Any person who has served more than one and one-half terms as\na member of the Chesapeake Redevelopment and Housing Authority as of July 1,\n2017, shall not be eligible for reappointment for another consecutive term. A\nmember of the Chesapeake Redevelopment and Housing Authority shall serve at the\npleasure of the city council of the City of Chesapeake. No Chesapeake\nRedevelopment and Housing Authority member shall work for the Authority within\none year after serving as a member. Except as may be otherwise expressly\nprovided in the charter of a city or town specifically pertaining to such\nauthority, no commissioner of any authority may be an officer or employee, of\nthe city or county for which the authority is created. A commissioner shall hold\noffice until his successor has been appointed and has qualified. A certificate\nof the appointment or reappointment of any commissioner shall be filed with the\nclerk and such certificate shall be conclusive evidence of the due and proper\nappointment of such commissioner. A commissioner may receive compensation as may\nbe determined by a locality for each meeting of the authority attended by the\ncommissioner. A commissioner shall be entitled to the necessary expenses,\nincluding traveling expenses, incurred in the discharge of his duties.\n\t\tAny exercise of the powers of an authority by its commissioners after June 30,\n1968, otherwise in compliance with applicable law, is hereby declared to be\nvalid and effective in all respects, notwithstanding that the number of\ncommissioners exercising the powers, though not exceeding seven from July 1,\n1968, through June 30, 1978, and not exceeding nine thereafter, may have\nexceeded the number appointed at the time the need for the authority to be\nactivated had been determined in accordance with this section. No suit or action\nto vacate or set aside any exercise of said powers may be brought on the ground\nthat the number of commissioners, though not exceeding seven from July 1, 1968,\nthrough June 30, 1978, and not exceeding nine thereafter, did exceed the number\nappointed at the time the need for the authority to be activated had been\ndetermined.\n\nHISTORY: 1938, p. 449; Michie Code 1942, \u00a7 3145(5); 1956, c. 615; 1958, c. 82;\n1968, c. 696; 1978, c. 557; 1986, c. 357; 1987, c. 102; 1988, c. 601; 2007, c.\n247; 2010, c. 311; 2017, cc. 541, 557.","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}}