                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

STATUS OF DISTRICT DIRECTORS IN EVENT OF TRANSFER, MERGER, OR DIVISION OF
DISTRICTS (§ 10.1-516)

In the event of the transfer, merger, or division of districts, the status of
the district directors involved shall be affected as follows:

1. The composition of an existing district board of a district to which
territory is transferred shall remain in effect until the terms of office of the
present elected members expire. Upon the transfer of a county or city, or parts
thereof, from one district to another district, (i) elected district directors
residing within the territory transferred shall be appointed as directors of the
district to which the territory is transferred for a term of office to coincide
with that of the elected directors of the district to which the territory is
transferred; and (ii) appointed district directors residing within the territory
transferred shall be appointed as directors of the district to which the
territory is transferred for a term of office to coincide with that of the
appointed directors, either as an extension agent appointee or an at-large
appointee of the district to which the territory is transferred. At the option
of the petitioners, a petition may request that a proposed transfer be treated
as a merger or division for the purpose of this section, and the Board at its
discretion may grant or refuse such request.

2. Upon the merger of existing districts, or upon the separation from two or
more existing districts of a county or city, or parts thereof, which merge to
create a new district, all district directors residing within the territory
merged shall be appointed as directors of the new district. Following the
merger, (i) elected district directors residing within the territory of the new
district shall be appointed as directors of the new district for a term of
office to coincide with that of elected directors as provided in &#xA7;
10.1-529; and (ii) appointed district directors residing within the new district
shall be appointed as directors of the new district for a term of office to
coincide with that of the appointed directors, either as an extension agent
appointee or an at-large appointee of the district as provided in &#xA7;
10.1-529.

3. Upon the division of an existing district, to create a new district, all
elected or appointed district directors residing within the territory to be
divided from the existing district shall be appointed as directors of the new
district. Following the division, (i) elected district directors residing within
the territory of the new district shall be appointed as directors of the new
district for a term of office to coincide with that of elected directors as
provided in &#xA7; 10.1-529; and (ii) appointed district directors residing
within the territory of the new district shall be appointed as directors of the
new district for a term of office to coincide with that of the appointed
directors, either as an extension agent appointee or an at-large appointee of
the district as provided in &#xA7; 10.1-529.
			This section shall not be construed as broadening or limiting the size of a
governing body of a district as prescribed by &#xA7; 10.1-515. If the operation
of this section results in a governing body larger or smaller than the
appropriate size permitted by &#xA7; 10.1-515, then such a variation, if not
otherwise corrected by operation of this section, shall be cured by appropriate
appointments by the Board and with the next general election after the transfer,
merger, or division in which all those elected directors prescribed by &#xA7;
10.1-515 may be elected.

HISTORY: 1970, c. 480, § 21-27.2; 1988, c. 891; 2002, cc. 143, 236.