                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

BOARD OF COUNTY SUPERVISORS; ELECTION; TERMS; CHAIRMAN; VACANCIES (§ 15.2-402)

A. The powers and duties of the county as a body politic and corporate shall be
vested in a board of county supervisors (&#8220;the board&#8221;).

B. The board shall consist of one member elected from the county at large by the
qualified voters of the county and one member from each magisterial or election
district in the county elected by the qualified voters of such magisterial or
election district. The board members shall be elected at the same time and for
the same term as provided by general law for the election of boards of
supervisors of counties. The board shall elect its chairman from its membership.

C. Members of the board in office immediately prior to the day upon which the
county board form becomes effective in the county shall be and, unless sooner
removed, continue as members until the expiration of their respective terms and
until their successors have qualified.

D. If the change in the form of county organization and government becomes
effective on January 1 next succeeding the regular election of board members in
the county, such members-elect shall qualify and, as soon as possible after the
county board form becomes effective in the county, succeed the then incumbents
as board members and as such continue until the expiration of their respective
terms and until their successors have qualified.

E. At the regular November election next succeeding the approval of the county
board form, one board member shall be elected from the county at large by the
qualified voters of the county; his term of office shall begin on January 1 next
succeeding such election and shall run for a term coincident with that of the
other board members. Pending his election and taking office, the office of
member from the county at large shall remain vacant.

F. Except as otherwise provided in subsection E of this section, any vacancy in
the membership of the board shall be filled pursuant to Article 6 (&#xA7;
24.2-225 et seq.) of Chapter 2 of Title 24.2.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 15-365; 1962, c. 623, § 15.1-700; 1971, Ex. Sess., c.
158; 1993, c. 731; 1997, c. 587.