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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>64627</law_id><section_number>46.2-1233.2</section_number><catch_line>Advisory board</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>46.2-1233.1</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="46.2">Motor Vehicles</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="III">Operation</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="12">Abandoned, Immobilized, Unattended and Trespassing Vehicles; Parking</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="3">Trespassing Vehicles, Parking, and Towing</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Prior to adopting or amending any <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span> pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Localities may regulate removal or immobilization of trespassing vehicles" href="/46.2-1232/">46.2-1232</a> or <a class="law" title="Localities may regulate towing fees" href="/46.2-1233/">46.2-1233</a>, the local <span class="dictionary">governing body</span> shall appoint an advisory board to advise the <span class="dictionary">governing body</span> with regard to the appropriate provisions of the <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span>. Members of the advisory board shall only consist of an equal number of representatives of local <span class="dictionary">law</span>-enforcement agencies and representatives of licensed <span class="dictionary">towing and recovery operators</span>, and one member of the general public. Any such advisory board shall meet at least once per year at the call of the chairman of the advisory board, who shall be elected annually from among the members of the advisory board by a majority vote. The chairmanship of any such advisory board for any locality within Planning District 8 shall be for a term of one year and rotate annually between a representative of a local <span class="dictionary">law</span>-enforcement agency, a representative of a licensed <span class="dictionary">towing and recovery operator</span>, and one member of the general public.</p></section></text><history>1993, c. 405; 2006, cc. 874, 891; 2017, c. 825.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
