                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

BOARD OF DIRECTORS; TERMS; VACANCIES; REMOVAL (§ 37.2-603)

The term of office of each member of the behavioral health authority board of
directors shall be for three years from January 1 of the year of appointment or,
at the option of the governing body of the city or county, from July 1 of the
year of appointment, except that of the members first appointed, several shall
be appointed for terms of one year each, several for terms of two years each,
and the remaining members for terms of three years each. The appointment of
members for one-year, two-year, and three-year terms shall be as nearly equal as
possible with regard to the total number of members. If the governing body has
appointed members for terms commencing January 1 or July 1 but desires to change
the date on which the terms of office commence, the governing body may, as the
terms of the members then in office expire, appoint successors for terms of two
and one-half or three and one-half years, so that the terms expire on June 30 or
December 31. Vacancies shall be filled for unexpired terms in the same manner as
original appointments. No person shall be eligible to serve more than three full
consecutive three-year terms; however, persons appointed to fill vacancies may
serve three additional full consecutive three-year terms. However, after a
three-year period has elapsed since the end of the member&#8217;s last
three-year term, the governing body may reappoint that member. Any member of the
board of directors may be removed by the appointing authority for cause, after
being given a written statement of the causes and an opportunity to be heard
thereon.

HISTORY: 1995, c. 693, § 15.1-1680; 1996, c. 861; 1997, c. 587, § 37.1-246;
1998, c. 680; 2005, c. 716; 2009, c. 400.