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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>77119</law_id><section_number>15.2-824</section_number><catch_line>Appointment of members of certain boards, authorities and commissions</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="2">Departments and Commissions</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Notwithstanding the provisions of &#xA7;&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Department of education" href="/15.2-837/">15.2-837</a>, <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>, <a class="law" title="Qualifications, appointment, removal, terms and compensation of members of local planning commissions" href="/15.2-2212/">15.2-2212</a>, <a class="law" title="Members of authority board; chief administrative or executive officer" href="/15.2-5113/">15.2-5113</a>, <a class="law" title="Members of authority; appointment, terms, compensation, etc.; officers, quorum" href="/15.2-5703/">15.2-5703</a> and <a class="law" title="Appointment and tenure of commissioners; compensation" href="/36-11/">36-11</a>, the board may establish different terms of office for initial and subsequent appointments of (i) the commissioners of any <span class="dictionary">county</span> redevelopment and housing authority created pursuant to the Housing Authorities <span class="dictionary">Law</span> (&#xA7;&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Title of chapter" href="/36-1/">36-1</a> through 36-55.6), (ii) the members of any <span class="dictionary">county</span> authority created pursuant to the Park Authorities Act (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Short title; application" href="/15.2-5700/">15.2-5700</a> et seq.), (iii) the members of the <span class="dictionary">county</span> planning commission, (iv) the members of the <span class="dictionary">county</span> school board, (v) any commissions created pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Departments and commissions of county government" href="/15.2-823/">15.2-823</a> and (vi) the members of any <span class="dictionary">county</span> water or sewer authority created pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="One or more localities may create authority" href="/15.2-5102/">15.2-5102</a>.
			Such different terms of office for such authorities, boards and commissions shall be for fixed terms, and such different terms of office may include, but are not limited to, terms of either two or four years and terms that extend until July 1 of the year following the year in which there is a regular election provided by general <span class="dictionary">law</span> for the election of <span class="dictionary">supervisors</span>. If the board establishes different terms of office pursuant to this section, such new terms shall affect future appointments to such offices and shall not affect the existing terms of any commissioner or member then serving in office. This section shall not affect the removal of any member of an authority, board or commission for incompetency, neglect of duty or misuse of office pursuant to provisions of general <span class="dictionary">law</span>. <a id="paragraph-276672" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-824/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Notwithstanding the provisions of &#xA7;&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Members of authority board; chief administrative or executive officer" href="/15.2-5113/">15.2-5113</a> and <a class="law" title="Appointment and tenure of commissioners; compensation" href="/36-11/">36-11</a>, the board may appoint as many as eleven persons as (i) commissioners of any <span class="dictionary">county</span> redevelopment and housing authority created pursuant to the Housing Authorities <span class="dictionary">Law</span> and (ii) members of any <span class="dictionary">county</span> water or sewer authority created pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="One or more localities may create authority" href="/15.2-5102/">15.2-5102</a>. <a id="paragraph-276673" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-824/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1989, c. 355, &#xA7; 15.1-765.1; 1992, c. 524; 1997, c. 587.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
