                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

CREATION (§ 21-237)

In and for each district heretofore or hereafter created pursuant to this
chapter or pursuant to a special act of the General Assembly, a commission is
hereby created as a body corporate, invested with the rights, powers and
authority and charged with the duties set forth in this chapter. The commission
shall be known by the name of the district, except that the word
&#8220;commission&#8221; shall be substituted for the word
&#8220;district.&#8221; Except as a special act creating the district shall
otherwise provide, the commission shall consist of seven members, residents of
the district, appointed by the State Health Commissioner, in the manner
hereinafter provided, who shall notify each governing body immediately after
such appointments. Representation on the commission shall be apportioned among
the political segments of the district on a population basis so far as it may be
practical to do so; but each political segment, however, shall be entitled to at
least one representative on the commission; and all appointments thereto shall
be made by the State Health Commissioner from a list of not less than one nor
more than five names furnished to him by the respective governing bodies of each
political segment of the district. Except as a special act creating the district
shall otherwise provide, in making the original appointments, one of the members
shall be appointed for a term of one year, two for a term of two years, two for
a term of three years, and two for terms of four years each; subsequent
appointments shall be made for a term of four years, except appointments to fill
vacancies which shall be for the unexpired terms. Members of the commission
shall hold office until their successors have been duly appointed and qualified.

HISTORY: 1946, p. 350; Michie Suppl. 1946, § 1560iii4.