                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DEPARTMENT AND BOARD OF SOCIAL SERVICES (§ 15.2-626)

The director of social services, who shall be head of the department of social
services, shall exercise the powers conferred and perform the duties imposed by
general law upon the county board of social services, not inconsistent herewith.
He shall also perform such other duties as the board of supervisors imposes upon
him.
		The county board of social services shall consist of six members; shall have
all the powers, duties, and authority set out in Chapter 3 (§ 63.2-300 et seq.)
of Title 63.2 of the Code of Virginia; and shall be appointed by the board of
supervisors, which may fix, within the limits set forth in § 63.2-310, the
compensation of the members of such board. At all times one member of the county
board of social services shall also be a member of the board of supervisors. The
board of social services may at any time be abolished by the board of
supervisors.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 15-322; 1962, c. 623, § 15.1-642; 1997, c. 587.