                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

CITIZENS ADVISORY COUNCIL (§ 16.1-240)

A. The governing bodies of each county and city served by a court service unit
may appoint one or more members to a citizens advisory council, in total not to
exceed 15 members; and the chief judge of the juvenile and domestic relations
district court may appoint one or more members to the advisory council, in total
not to exceed five members. The duties of the council shall be as follows:

   1. To advise and cooperate with the court upon all matters affecting the
   working of this law and other laws relating to children, their care and
   protection and to domestic relations;

   2. To consult and confer with the court and director of the court service unit
   from time to time relative to the development and extension of the court
   service program;

   3. To encourage the member selected by the council to serve on the central
   advisory council to visit, as often as the member conveniently can,
   institutions and associations receiving children under this law, and to report
   to the court from time to time and at least annually in its report made
   pursuant to subdivision 5 the conditions and surroundings of the children
   received by or in charge of any such persons, institutions or associations;

   4. To make themselves familiar with the work of the court under this law; and

   5. To make an annual report to the court and the participating governing
   bodies on the work of the council.

B. If the governing body does not exercise its option to appoint a citizens
advisory council pursuant to subsection A, the judge of the juvenile and
domestic relations district court may appoint an advisory board of citizens, not
to exceed 15 members, who shall perform the same duties as provided in this
section.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 16.1-157; 1956, c. 555; 1968, c. 435; 1977, c. 559; 1989,
c. 733; 2012, cc. 164, 456.