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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>71067</law_id><section_number>15.2-803</section_number><catch_line>General powers of board of supervisors</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><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="8">Urban County Executive Form of Government</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="1">General Provisions</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The board shall be the policy-determining body of the <span class="dictionary">county</span> and shall be vested with all rights and powers conferred on boards of <span class="dictionary">supervisors</span> by general <span class="dictionary">law</span>, not inconsistent with the form of <span class="dictionary">county</span> organization and government herein provided.
		The board shall be the <span class="dictionary">governing body</span> of the urban <span class="dictionary">county</span> and of each of the districts established under Article 4 (&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Division of county into districts; functions of districts; appointees to planning commission and school board" href="/15.2-855/">15.2-855</a> et seq.) of this chapter for the provision of certain services to residents of such districts.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 15-384.18; 1960, c. 382; 1962, c. 623, &#xA7; 15.1-730; 1997, c. 587.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
