                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

TENURE OF COUNTY EXECUTIVE; SUSPENSION OR REMOVAL (§ 15.2-805)

The urban county executive shall not be appointed for a definite tenure, but may
be removed at the pleasure of the board. If the board determines to remove the
urban county executive, he shall be given, if he so demands, a written statement
of the reasons alleged for the proposed removal and the right to a hearing
thereon at a public meeting of the board prior to the date on which his final
removal takes effect. Pending and during such hearing, the board may suspend him
from office, provided that the period of suspension be limited to thirty days.
The board&#8217;s action in suspending or removing the urban county executive
shall not be subject to review by any court.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 15-384.20; 1960, c. 382; 1962, c. 623, § 15.1-732; 1997,
c. 587.