                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

TENURE OF OFFICE; REMOVAL (§ 15.2-510)

The county executive shall not be appointed for a definite tenure, but may be
removed at the pleasure of the board. If the board determines to remove the
county executive, he shall be given, if he so demands, a written statement of
the reasons alleged for the proposed removal and the right to a hearing thereon
at a public meeting of the board prior to the date on which his final removal
takes effect. Pending and during such hearing, the board may suspend him from
office, provided that the period of suspension be limited to thirty days. The
action of the board in suspending or removing the county executive is not
subject to review.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 15-279; 1962, c. 623, § 15.1-596; 1997, c. 587.