                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

MEMBERS OF GOVERNING BODY NOT TO BE ELECTED OR APPOINTED BY GOVERNING BODY TO
CERTAIN OFFICES (§ 15.2-1535)

A. Pursuant to Article VII, Section 6 of the Constitution of Virginia, no member
of a governing body of a locality shall be eligible, during the term of office
for which he was elected or appointed, to hold any office filled by the
governing body by election or appointment, except that a member of a governing
body may be named a member of such other boards, commissions, and bodies as may
be permitted by general law and except that a member of a governing body may be
named to fill a vacancy in the office of mayor or board chairman if permitted by
general or special law.

B. Pursuant to Article VII, Section 6 of the Constitution of Virginia, and
without limiting any other provision of general law, a governing body member may
be named by the governing body to one or more of the following positions:

   1. Director of emergency management pursuant to &#xA7; 44-146.19;

   2. Member of a planning district commission pursuant to &#xA7; 15.2-4203;

   3. Member of a transportation district commission pursuant to &#xA7;
   33.2-1907;

   4. Member of a behavioral health authority board pursuant to Chapter 6 (&#xA7;
   37.2-600 et seq.) of Title 37.2;

   5. Member of a hospital or health center commission pursuant to Chapter 52
   (&#xA7; 15.2-5200 et seq.) of Title 15.2;

   6. Member of a community services board pursuant to Chapter 5 (&#xA7; 37.2-500
   et seq.) of Title 37.2;

   7. Member of a park authority pursuant to Chapter 57 (&#xA7; 15.2-5700 et
   seq.) of Title 15.2;

   8. Member of a detention or other residential care facilities commission
   pursuant to Article 13 (&#xA7; 16.1-315 et seq.) of Chapter 11 of Title 16.1;

   9. Member of a board of directors, governing board or advisory council of an
   area agency on aging pursuant to &#xA7; 51.5-135;

   10. Member of a regional jail or jail farm board, pursuant to &#xA7; 53.1-106
   or of a regional jail authority or jail authority pursuant to Article 3.1
   (&#xA7; 53.1-95.2 et seq.) of Chapter 3 of Title 53.1;

   11. With respect to members of the governing body of a town under 3,500
   population, member of an industrial development authority&#8217;s board of
   directors pursuant to Chapter 49 (&#xA7; 15.2-4900 et seq.) of Title 15.2;

   12. Member of the board of directors, governing board, or advisory council or
   committee of an airport commission or authority;

   13. Member of a Board of Directors of a Regional Industrial Facility Authority
   pursuant to Chapter 64 (&#xA7; 15.2-6400 et seq.) of Title 15.2;

   14. Member of a local parks and recreation commission;

   15. Member of the Board of the Richmond Ambulance Authority;

   16. Member of a local convention, visitors, or tourism board, authority, or
   agency; and

   17. Member of the Board of Directors of the Richmond Metropolitan
   Transportation Authority pursuant to &#xA7; 33.2-2901.

C. If any governing body member is appointed or elected by the governing body to
any office, his qualification in that office shall be void except as provided in
subsection B or by other general law.

D. Except as specifically provided in general or special law, no appointed body
listed in subsection B shall be comprised of a majority of elected officials as
members, nor shall any locality be represented on such appointed body by more
than one elected official.

E. For the purposes of this section, &#8220;governing body&#8221; includes the
mayor of a municipality and the county board chairman.

HISTORY: 1993, cc. 621, 781, § 15.1-50.5; 1995, cc. 696, 699; 1997, c. 587;
1998, c. 488; 1999, c. 811; 2001, c. 8; 2009, cc. 400, 649; 2011, cc. 41, 51;
2012, cc. 803, 835; 2014, c. 469; 2018, c. 659.