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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>77195</law_id><section_number>15.2-811</section_number><catch_line>Powers and duties of county executive</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 urban <span class="dictionary">county</span> executive shall be the administrative head of the <span class="dictionary">county</span>. He shall attend all meetings of the board and recommend such action as he may deem expedient. He shall be responsible to the board for the proper administration of all <span class="dictionary">county</span> affairs which the board has authority to control.
		He shall also:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Make monthly reports to the board on administrative matters, and keep the board fully advised as to the <span class="dictionary">county</span>&#x2019;s financial condition. <a id="paragraph-276924" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-811/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Submit to the board a proposed annual budget, with his recommendations, and execute the budget as finally adopted. <a id="paragraph-276925" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-811/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Execute and enforce all board resolutions and <span class="dictionary">orders</span> and shall see that all <span class="dictionary">laws</span> of the Commonwealth required to be enforced through the board or some other <span class="dictionary">county</span> officer subject to the board&#x2019;s control are faithfully executed. <a id="paragraph-276926" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-811/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="4"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> Examine regularly the books and papers of every officer and department of the <span class="dictionary">county</span> and report to the board the condition in which he finds them. <a id="paragraph-276927" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-811/#4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="5"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> Perform such other duties as the board requires of him. <a id="paragraph-276928" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-811/#5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 15-384.26; 1960, c. 382; 1962, c. 623, &#xA7; 15.1-738; 1997, c. 587.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
