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The appointment of members for one-year, two-year, and three-year terms shall be as nearly equal as possible with regard to the total number of members on the board. If a governing body has appointed members for terms commencing January 1 or July 1 but desires to change the date on which the terms of office commence, the governing body may, as the terms of the members then in office expire, appoint successors for terms of two and one-half or three and one-half years, so that the terms expire on June 30 or December 31. In the case of a board established by more than one city or county, the decision to change the date on which terms of office commence shall be the unanimous decision of all governing bodies. Vacancies shall be filled for unexpired terms in the same manner as original appointments. No person shall be eligible to serve more than three full terms; however, a person first appointed to fill an unexpired term may serve three additional full three-year terms. The remainder of a term to which a member is first appointed to fill a vacancy shall not constitute a term in determining the member’s eligibility for reappointment. However, after a one-year period has elapsed since the end of the member’s last three-year term, the governing body may reappoint that member. Any member of a board may be removed by the appointing authority for cause, after being given a written statement of the causes and an opportunity to be heard thereon.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":261342,"text":"The term of office of each member of a community services board shall be for three years from January 1 of the year of appointment or, at the option of the governing body of a county or city, from July 1 of the year of appointment, except that of the members first appointed, several shall be appointed for terms of one year each, several for terms of two years each, and the remaining members of the board for terms of three years each. The appointment of members for one-year, two-year, and three-year terms shall be as nearly equal as possible with regard to the total number of members on the board. If a governing body has appointed members for terms commencing January 1 or July 1 but desires to change the date on which the terms of office commence, the governing body may, as the terms of the members then in office expire, appoint successors for terms of two and one-half or three and one-half years, so that the terms expire on June 30 or December 31. In the case of a board established by more than one city or county, the decision to change the date on which terms of office commence shall be the unanimous decision of all governing bodies. Vacancies shall be filled for unexpired terms in the same manner as original appointments. No person shall be eligible to serve more than three full terms; however, a person first appointed to fill an unexpired term may serve three additional full three-year terms. The remainder of a term to which a member is first appointed to fill a vacancy shall not constitute a term in determining the member’s eligibility for reappointment. However, after a one-year period has elapsed since the end of the member’s last three-year term, the governing body may reappoint that member. 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This law was first created in 1968. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 477 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 1968 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 9 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 1970, chapter 346; in 1972, chapter 498; in 1977, chapter 88; in 1979, chapter 391; in 1980, chapter 582; in 1998, chapter 680<\/a>; in 2005, chapter 716<\/a>; in 2007, chapter 570<\/a>; in 2010, chapter 71<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":210035,"object_type":"law","relational_id":72591,"identifier":"37.2-502","token":"37.2\/II\/5\/37.2-502","url":"\/37.2-502\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/37.2-502\/","token":"37.2\/II\/5\/37.2-502","dublin_core":{"Title":"Community services board members; term of office; vacancies; removal","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 37.2-502","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The term of office of each member of a community services board<\/span> shall be for three years from January 1 of the year of appointment or, at the option of the governing body of a county or city, from July 1 of the year of appointment, except that of the members first appointed, several shall be appointed for terms of one year each, several for terms of two years each, and the remaining members of the board for terms of three years each. The appointment of members for one-year, two-year, and three-year terms shall be as nearly equal as possible with regard to the total number of members on the board. If a governing body has appointed members for terms commencing January 1 or July 1 but desires to change the date on which the terms of office commence, the governing body may, as the terms of the members then in office expire, appoint successors for terms of two and one-half or three and one-half years, so that the terms expire on June 30 or December 31. In the case of a board established by more than one city or county, the decision to change the date on which terms of office commence shall be the unanimous decision of all governing bodies. Vacancies shall be filled for unexpired terms in the same manner as original appointments. No person shall be eligible to serve more than three full terms; however, a person first appointed to fill an unexpired term may serve three additional full three-year terms. The remainder of a term to which a member is first appointed to fill a vacancy shall not constitute a term in determining the member’s eligibility for reappointment. However, after a one-year period has elapsed since the end of the member’s last three-year term, the governing body may reappoint that member. Any member of a board may be removed by the appointing authority<\/span> for cause, after being given a written statement of the causes and an opportunity to be heard thereon.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCOMMUNITY SERVICES BOARD MEMBERS; TERM OF OFFICE; VACANCIES; REMOVAL (\u00a7\n37.2-502)\n\nThe term of office of each member of a community services board shall be for\nthree years from January 1 of the year of appointment or, at the option of the\ngoverning body of a county or city, from July 1 of the year of appointment,\nexcept that of the members first appointed, several shall be appointed for terms\nof one year each, several for terms of two years each, and the remaining members\nof the board for terms of three years each. The appointment of members for\none-year, two-year, and three-year terms shall be as nearly equal as possible\nwith regard to the total number of members on the board. If a governing body has\nappointed members for terms commencing January 1 or July 1 but desires to change\nthe date on which the terms of office commence, the governing body may, as the\nterms of the members then in office expire, appoint successors for terms of two\nand one-half or three and one-half years, so that the terms expire on June 30 or\nDecember 31. In the case of a board established by more than one city or county,\nthe decision to change the date on which terms of office commence shall be the\nunanimous decision of all governing bodies. Vacancies shall be filled for\nunexpired terms in the same manner as original appointments. No person shall be\neligible to serve more than three full terms; however, a person first appointed\nto fill an unexpired term may serve three additional full three-year terms. The\nremainder of a term to which a member is first appointed to fill a vacancy shall\nnot constitute a term in determining the member’s eligibility for\nreappointment. However, after a one-year period has elapsed since the end of the\nmember’s last three-year term, the governing body may reappoint that\nmember. Any member of a board may be removed by the appointing authority for\ncause, after being given a written statement of the causes and an opportunity to\nbe heard thereon.\n\nHISTORY: 1968, c. 477, \u00a7 37.1-196; 1970, c. 346; 1972, c. 498; 1977, c. 88;\n1979, c. 391; 1980, c. 582; 1998, c. 680; 2005, c. 716; 2007, c. 570; 2010, c.\n71.","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}}