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§ 15.2-500. Title of form; applicability of chapter - The form of county organization and government provided for in...
§ 15.2-501. Adoption of county executive form - Any county may adopt the county executive form of government...
§ 15.2-502. Powers vested in board of county supervisors; election and terms of members; vacancies - A. The powers of the county as a body politic...
§ 15.2-503. Referendum on election of the county chairman from the county at large; powers and duties of chairman - A. The board of any county in which members of...
§ 15.2-504. General powers of board - The board shall be the policy-determining body of the county...
§ 15.2-504.1. Lighting level regulation - The board of any county with a population of less...
§ 15.2-505. Appointment by certain localities of members of certain boards, authorities and commissions - The governing body of a county having the county executive...
§ 15.2-506. Investigation of county officers - The board may inquire into the official conduct of any...
§ 15.2-507. Organization of departments - The board shall, as soon as its members are elected...
§ 15.2-508. Designation of officers to perform certain duties - Whenever it is not designated herein what officer or employee...
§ 15.2-509. County executive appointed by board - The board shall appoint a county executive and fix his...
§ 15.2-510. Tenure of office; removal - The county executive shall not be appointed for a definite...
§ 15.2-511. Disability of executive - In case of the absence or disability of the county...
§ 15.2-512. Appointment of officers and employees; recommendations by county executive; discussions with board - The board shall appoint, upon the recommendation of the county...
§ 15.2-513. Term, removal and disability of officers and employees - All appointments of officers and employees shall be without definite...
§ 15.2-514. Compensation of officers and employees - The board shall, subject to the limitations of general law,...
§ 15.2-515. Restrictions on activities of former officers and employees - In any county with a population of at least 100,000,...
§ 15.2-516. Duties of county executive - The county executive shall be the administrative head of the...
§ 15.2-517. Executive may also be department head - The county executive may, if the board requires, act as...
§ 15.2-518. Departments of the county - The activities or functions of the county shall, with the...
§ 15.2-519. Department of finance; director; general duties - The director of finance shall be the head of the...
§ 15.2-520. Department of Finance; expenditures and accounts - No money shall be drawn from the treasury of the...
§ 15.2-521. Same; powers of commissioners of revenue; real estate reassessments - A. The director of finance shall exercise all the powers...
§ 15.2-522. Same; powers of county treasurer; deposit of moneys - The director of finance shall also exercise the powers conferred...
§ 15.2-523. Same; claims against counties; accounts - The director of finance shall (i) audit all claims against...
§ 15.2-524. Same; director as purchasing agent - The director of finance shall act as purchasing agent for...
§ 15.2-525. Same; obligations of chief assessing officer - The chief assessing officer shall be subject to the obligations...
§ 15.2-526. Department of public works - If the department of public works is established, the director...
§ 15.2-527. Department of social services - The local director of social services shall be head of...
§ 15.2-528. Department of law enforcement - The department of law enforcement shall consist of such police...
§ 15.2-529. Appointment of county attorney - The board may appoint a county attorney pursuant to §...
§ 15.2-530. Powers and duties of sheriff - The sheriff shall exercise the powers conferred and perform the...
§ 15.2-531. Department of education - The department of education shall consist of the county school...
§ 15.2-532. Terms of school boards - The members of the county school board shall be appointed...
§ 15.2-533. Elected school boards - Notwithstanding any contrary provisions of §§ 15.2-531 and 15.2-532, a...
§ 15.2-534. Department of health - The department of health shall consist of the health director,...
§ 15.2-535. Department of assessments - The department of assessments, if and when established, shall be...
§ 15.2-536. Selection of clerk, attorney and sheriff - The county clerk, the attorney for the Commonwealth and the...
§ 15.2-537. Officers not affected by adoption of plan - The following officers shall not, except as herein otherwise provided,...
§ 15.2-538. Examination and audit of accounts and books - The board shall require an annual audit of the books...
§ 15.2-539. Submission of budget by executive; hearings; notice; adoption - Each year at least two weeks before the board must...
§ 15.2-540. Officers and employees to receive regular compensation; fee system abolished; collection and disposition of fees - All county officers and employees shall be paid regular compensation...
§ 15.2-541. Bonds of officers - The county executive shall give bond in the amount of...
§ 15.2-542. Employee benefits; residence in county - Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the county board, in...