                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

APPOINTMENT, QUALIFICATIONS, TENURE AND COMPENSATION OF COMMISSIONERS (§
15.2-5307)

An authority shall consist of not more than 15 commissioners appointed by the
mayor, and he shall designate the first chairman. No more than three
commissioners shall be practicing physicians. No officer or employee of the
city, with the exception of the director of a local health department, shall be
eligible for appointment; however, no director of a local health department
shall serve as chairman of the authority. No local health director who serves as
a hospital authority commissioner shall serve as a member of the regional health
planning agency board simultaneously. No practicing physician shall be appointed
to such authority in the City of Hopewell.
		One-third of the commissioners who are first appointed shall be designated by
the mayor to serve for terms of two years, one-third to serve for terms of four
years, and one-third to serve for terms of six years, respectively, from the
date of their appointment. Thereafter, the term of office shall be six years. No
person shall be appointed to succeed himself following four successive terms in
office; no term of less than six years shall be deemed a term in office for the
purposes of this sentence.
		A commissioner shall hold office until the earlier of the effective date of
his resignation or the date on which his successor has been appointed and has
qualified. Vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term. In the event of a
vacancy in the office of commissioner by expiration of term of office or
otherwise, the remaining commissioners shall submit to the mayor nominations for
appointments. The mayor may successively require additional nominations and
shall have power to appoint any person so nominated. All such vacancies shall be
filled from such nominations. A majority of the commissioners currently in
office shall constitute a quorum. The mayor may file with the city clerk a
certificate of the appointment or reappointment of any commissioner, and such
certificate shall be conclusive evidence of the due and proper appointment of
such commissioner. A commissioner shall receive no compensation for his
services, but he shall be entitled to the necessary expenses including traveling
expenses incurred in the discharge of his duties.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 32-220; 1960, c. 305; 1968, c. 783, § 15.1-1540; 1977,
c. 158; 1979, c. 719; 1986, c. 240; 1997, c. 587; 2005, c. 630; 2006, c. 658;
2007, c. 813.