                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DESIGNATION OF CHAIRMAN; TERMS OF OFFICE; FILLING VACANCIES (§ 10.1-530)

A. The district directors shall designate a chairman from the elected members,
or from the Board-appointed members, of the district board and may change such
designation.

B. The term of office of each district director shall be four years. A district
director shall hold office until his successor has been elected or appointed and
has qualified. The selection of successors to fill a full term shall be made in
accordance with the provisions of this article. Beginning in the year 2003, the
election of district directors shall be held at the November 2003 general
election and each fourth year thereafter. The terms of office of elected
district directors shall begin on January 1 following the November general
election. The term of office of any district director elected in November 1999
shall be extended to the January 1 following the November 2003 general election.
The term of office of any district director elected in November 2000 shall
expire on the January 1 following the November 2003 general election. The term
of office of any district director elected in November 2001 or 2002 shall be
extended to expire on the January 1 following the November general election in
2007. Appointments made by the Board to the at-large position held by an
extension agent shall be made to commence January 1, 2005, and each fourth year
thereafter. Appointments made by the Board to the other at-large position shall
be made to commence January 1, 2007, and each fourth year thereafter. Any
appointment made by the Board prior to January 1, 2005, to an at-large position
held by an extension agent shall be made to expire January 1, 2005; and any
appointment made by the Board prior to January 1, 2007, to the other at-large
position shall be made to expire January 1, 2007.

C. A vacancy shall exist in the event of the death, resignation or removal of
residence from the district of any director or the elimination or detachment
from the district of the territory in which a director resides, or by the
removal of a director from office by the Board. Any vacancy in an elected or
appointed director&#8217;s position shall be filled by an appointment made by
the Board for the unexpired term. In the event of the creation of a new
district, the transfer of territory from an existing district to an existing
district, or the addition of territory not previously within an existing
district to an existing district, the Board may appoint directors to fill the
vacancies of elected directors prescribed by &#xA7; 10.1-515 in the newly
created district or in the territory added to an existing district. Such
appointed directors shall serve in office until the elected directors prescribed
by &#xA7; 10.1-515 take office after the next general election at which
directors for the entire district are selected.

HISTORY: Code 1950, §§ 21-44, 21-45; 1954, c. 670; 1956, c. 654; 1964, c. 512;
1970, c. 480; 1988, c. 891; 2001, c. 54; 2002, cc. 143, 236.