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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. If the 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. 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 consecutive three-year terms; however, persons appointed to fill vacancies may serve three additional full consecutive three-year terms. However, after a three-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 the board of directors 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":310818,"text":"The term of office of each member of the behavioral health authority board of directors shall be for three years from January 1 of the year of appointment or, at the option of the governing body of the city or county, 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 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. If the 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. 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 consecutive three-year terms; however, persons appointed to fill vacancies may serve three additional full consecutive three-year terms. However, after a three-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 1995. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 693<\/a> 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. It has been modified 5 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 1996, chapter 861<\/a>; in 1997, chapter 587<\/a>; in 1998, chapter 680<\/a>; in 2005, chapter 716<\/a>; in 2009, chapter 400<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":210101,"object_type":"law","relational_id":86803,"identifier":"37.2-603","token":"37.2\/II\/6\/37.2-603","url":"\/37.2-603\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/37.2-603\/","token":"37.2\/II\/6\/37.2-603","dublin_core":{"Title":"Board of directors; terms; vacancies; removal","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 37.2-603","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The term of office of each member<\/span> of the behavioral health authority<\/span> board of directors<\/span> shall be for three years from January 1 of the year of appointment or, at the option of the governing body of the city or county, from July 1 of the year of appointment, except that of the members<\/span> first appointed, several shall be appointed for terms of one year each, several for terms of two years each, and the remaining members<\/span> for terms of three years each. The appointment of members<\/span> for one-year, two-year, and three-year terms shall be as nearly equal as possible with regard to the total number of members<\/span>. If the governing body has appointed members<\/span> 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<\/span> 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. 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 consecutive three-year terms; however, persons appointed to fill vacancies may serve three additional full consecutive three-year terms. However, after a three-year period has elapsed since the end of the member<\/span>’s last three-year term, the governing body may reappoint that member<\/span>. Any member<\/span> of the board of directors 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.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nBOARD OF DIRECTORS; TERMS; VACANCIES; REMOVAL (\u00a7 37.2-603)\n\nThe term of office of each member of the behavioral health authority board of\ndirectors shall be for three years from January 1 of the year of appointment or,\nat the option of the governing body of the city or county, from July 1 of the\nyear of appointment, except that of the members first appointed, several shall\nbe appointed for terms of one year each, several for terms of two years each,\nand the remaining members for terms of three years each. The appointment of\nmembers for one-year, two-year, and three-year terms shall be as nearly equal as\npossible with regard to the total number of members. If the 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. Vacancies shall be filled for unexpired terms in the same manner as\noriginal appointments. No person shall be eligible to serve more than three full\nconsecutive three-year terms; however, persons appointed to fill vacancies may\nserve three additional full consecutive three-year terms. However, after a\nthree-year period has elapsed since the end of the member’s last\nthree-year term, the governing body may reappoint that member. Any member of the\nboard of directors may be removed by the appointing authority for cause, after\nbeing given a written statement of the causes and an opportunity to be heard\nthereon.\n\nHISTORY: 1995, c. 693, \u00a7 15.1-1680; 1996, c. 861; 1997, c. 587, \u00a7 37.1-246;\n1998, c. 680; 2005, c. 716; 2009, c. 400.","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}}