                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

COMMUNITY SERVICES BOARD; APPOINTMENT; MEMBERSHIP; DUTIES OF FISCAL AGENT (§
37.2-501)

A. Every city or county or any combination of counties and cities, before it
shall come within the provisions of this chapter, shall establish a community
services board with no less than six and no more than 18 members. When any city
or county singly establishes a community services board, the board shall be
appointed by the governing body of the city or county establishing the board.
When any combination of counties and cities establishes a community services
board, the board of supervisors of each county or the council of each city shall
mutually agree on the size of the board and shall appoint the members of the
community services board. Prior to making appointments, the governing body shall
disclose the names of those persons being considered for appointment.
			Appointments to the community services board shall be broadly representative
of the community. One-third of the appointments to the board shall be
individuals who are receiving or who have received services or family members of
individuals who are receiving or who have received services, at least one of
whom shall be an individual receiving services. One or more appointments may be
nongovernmental service providers. Sheriffs or their designees also shall be
appointed, when practical. No employee of the community services board or
employee or board member of an organization that receives funding from any
community services board shall be appointed a member of that board.
			No community services board shall be composed of a majority of local
government officials, elected or appointed, as members, nor shall any county or
city be represented on a board by more than two officials, elected or appointed.
			The board appointed pursuant to this section shall be responsible to the
governing body of each county or city that established it.

B. The county or city or any combination of cities and counties that establishes
an operating or administrative policy board shall receive an independent annual
audit of the total revenues and expenditures of that board, a copy of which
shall be provided to the Department, and designate an official of one member
city or county to act as fiscal agent for the board. The county or city whose
designated official serves as fiscal agent for the board in the case of boards
established by more than one city or county shall review and act upon the
independent audit of the board and, in conjunction with the other cities and
counties, arrange for the provision of legal services to the board. When a
single county or city establishes an operating or administrative policy board,
it shall arrange for the provision of legal services to the board.

C. The county or city that establishes a policy-advisory board shall provide an
annual audit of the total revenues and expenditures of the city or county
government department to the board and the Department, carry out the
responsibilities and duties enumerated in subsection A of &#xA7; 37.2-504 and
&#xA7; 37.2-505, and provide legal services to the board. When any combination
of cities and counties establishes a policy-advisory board, those cities and
counties shall designate which local government shall operate the city or county
government department. This local government shall provide an annual audit of
the total revenues and expenditures of that department to the board and the
Department, carry out the responsibilities and duties enumerated in subsection A
of &#xA7; 37.2-504 and &#xA7; 37.2-505, and, in conjunction with the other
cities and counties, arrange for the provision of legal services to the board.

HISTORY: 1968, c. 477, § 37.1-195; 1970, c. 346; 1972, c. 498; 1973, c. 78;
1976, c. 671; 1978, c. 11; 1980, c. 582; 1988, c. 285; 1989, c. 254; 1994, c.
939; 1996, c. 412; 1997, c. 323; 1998, cc. 667, 680; 1999, c. 653; 2005, c. 716;
2012, cc. 476, 507.