                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

ELECTION OR APPOINTMENT OF COUNTY OFFICERS (§ 15.2-3508)

At the next regular November election held at least sixty days after the
election at which the consolidation is approved by the voters, all county
officers provided for by general law shall be elected for the consolidated
county. Their terms shall begin on January 1 next succeeding their election, at
which time they shall replace all elective county officers of the consolidated
counties whose terms shall terminate on such day. The terms of the new officers
shall expire on January 1 next succeeding the regular election of county
officers in the Commonwealth.
		All appointive county officers shall be appointed by the person, board or
authority upon whom the power to appoint such officers in other counties is
conferred. The terms of such officers shall commence on January 1 next
succeeding the first election of officers for the consolidated county and shall
continue, unless otherwise removed, until their successors have been appointed
and qualified.
		The successors of all such officers whose first election or appointment is
herein provided for shall thereafter be elected or appointed at the time, in the
manner and for the terms provided by general law.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 15-169; 1962, c. 623, § 15.1-1078; 1997, c. 587.