                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

ADVISORY BOARDS (§ 63.2-305)

A. If the governing body of a city or county or the governing bodies of any
combination of cities and counties participating in a district designate, under
the provisions of &#xA7;&#xA7; 63.2-302, 63.2-304 or &#xA7; 63.2-307, a local
government official as constituting the local board, such governing body or
bodies shall appoint a board to serve in an advisory capacity to such local
government official with respect to the duties and functions imposed upon him by
this title.
			Each such advisory board shall consist of no fewer than five and no more than
thirteen members. In the case of an advisory board established for a district,
there shall be at least one member on the board from each county and city in the
district. The members shall be appointed initially for terms of from one to four
years so as to provide for the balanced overlapping of the terms of the
membership thereon. Subsequent appointments shall be for a term of four years
each, except that appointments to fill vacancies that occur during terms shall
be for the remainder of these unexpired terms. Appointments to fill unexpired
terms shall not be considered full terms, and such persons shall be eligible to
be appointed to two consecutive full terms. No person shall serve more than two
consecutive full terms. The local government official shall be an ex officio
member, without vote, of the advisory board.
			The advisory board shall elect its own chairman and shall meet at least
bimonthly. In addition to regularly scheduled meetings, it may meet at the call
of the chairman or on the petition of at least one-half of the members.

B. The powers and duties of the advisory board shall be:

   1. To interest itself in all matters pertaining to the public assistance and
   social services needed by people of the political subdivision or subdivisions
   served by the local department;

   2. To monitor the formulation and implementation of public assistance and
   social services programs by the local department;

   3. To meet with the local government official who constitutes the local board
   at least four times a year for the purpose of making recommendations on policy
   matters concerning the local department;

   4. To make an annual report to the governing body or bodies, concurrent with
   the budget presentation of the local department, concerning the administration
   of the public assistance and social services programs; and

   5. To submit to the governing body or bodies, from time to time, other reports
   that the advisory board deems appropriate.

HISTORY: 1977, c. 36, § 63.1-43.1; 1981, c. 264; 1984, c. 586; 1989, c. 356;
2002, c. 747.