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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>56310</law_id><section_number>15.2-616</section_number><catch_line>Departments of the county</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>15.2-619</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="15.2">Counties, Cities and Towns</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="I">General Provisions; Charters; Other Forms and Organization of Counties</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="6">County Manager Form of Government</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="3">Departments; County Manager Form</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The activities or functions of the <span class="dictionary">county</span> shall, with the exceptions herein provided, be distributed among the following departments:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Department of finance. <a id="paragraph-206214" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-616/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Department of public works. <a id="paragraph-206215" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-616/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Department of social services. <a id="paragraph-206216" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-616/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="4"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> Department of education. <a id="paragraph-206217" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-616/#4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="5"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> Department of public health.
			The board may establish any additional departments it deems necessary and appropriate.
			In addition, any activity which is unassigned by this form of <span class="dictionary">county</span> organization and government shall, upon recommendation of the <span class="dictionary">county</span> manager, be assigned by the board to the appropriate department. The board may further, upon recommendations of the <span class="dictionary">county</span> manager, reassign, transfer or combine any <span class="dictionary">county</span> functions, activities or departments. <a id="paragraph-206218" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-616/#5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 15-319; 1956, c. 200; 1962, c. 623, &#xA7; 15.1-639; 1997, c. 587.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
