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§ 15.2-800. Designation of form of government; applicability of chapter - The form of county organization and government provided for in...
§ 15.2-801. Adoption of urban county executive form - Any county with a population of more than 90,000 may...
§ 15.2-802. Powers of county vested in board of supervisors; membership, election, terms, etc., of board; vacancies; powers of chairman - The powers of the county as a body politic and...
§ 15.2-803. General powers of board of supervisors - The board shall be the policy-determining body of the county...
§ 15.2-804. Appointment, qualifications and compensation of urban county executive; to devote full time to work - The board shall appoint an urban county executive and fix...
§ 15.2-805. Tenure of county executive; suspension or removal - The urban county executive shall not be appointed for a...
§ 15.2-806. Absence or disability of county executive - In case of the absence or disability of the urban...
§ 15.2-807. Appointment of county officers and employees; federal employment, etc., not to disqualify; discussions with board - The board shall appoint, upon the recommendation of the urban...
§ 15.2-808. Tenure of county officers and employees; suspension or removal - All such appointments shall be without definite term, unless for...
§ 15.2-809. Compensation of officers and employees - The board shall, subject to the limitations of general law,...
§ 15.2-810. Restrictions on activities of former officers and employees - The board, by ordinance, may prohibit former officers and employees,...
§ 15.2-811. Powers and duties of county executive - The urban county executive shall be the administrative head of...
§ 15.2-812. County executive may act as director or head of department - The urban county executive may, if the board requires, act...
§ 15.2-813. Certain officers not affected by adoption of plan - The following officers shall not, except as herein otherwise provided,...
§ 15.2-814. Inquiries and investigations by board of supervisors - The board may inquire into the official conduct of any...
§ 15.2-815. Regulation of garbage, trash and refuse pickup and disposal services; contracting for such services in certain counties - The board may adopt an ordinance requiring the delivery of...
§ 15.2-816. Maintenance of certain sewer lines - Upon petition of a majority of the affected property owners...
§ 15.2-816.1. Underground electric distribution, telecommunications, cable, and other utility facilities - A. The governing body of any locality operating under the...
§ 15.2-817. No unincorporated area to be incorporated after adoption of urban county form of government - After the date of adoption of the urban county executive...
§ 15.2-818. City may petition to become part of county - After the date of adoption of the urban county executive...
§ 15.2-819. Demolition of historic structures; civil penalty - A county may adopt an ordinance which establishes a civil...
§ 15.2-820. Donations to legal entities owning recreational facilities - A county is authorized to make annual appropriations of public...
§ 15.2-821. Board to provide for and set up departments; removal of department head or person assigned to county executive's office; powers of supervisors generally - The board shall, as soon as its members are elected...
§ 15.2-822. Designation of officer or employee to exercise power or perform duty - Whenever it is not designated herein what officer or employee...
§ 15.2-823. Departments and commissions of county government - The activities or functions of the county shall, with the...
§ 15.2-824. Appointment of members of certain boards, authorities and commissions - A. Notwithstanding the provisions of §§ 15.2-837, 15.2-855, 15.2-2212, 15.2-5113,...
§ 15.2-825. Committee for legislative audit and review - The board may establish a committee for the audit and...
§ 15.2-826. Department of finance; director; general duties - A. The director of finance shall be the head of...
§ 15.2-827. Same; expenditures and accounts - No money shall be drawn from the county treasury, nor...
§ 15.2-828. Same; powers of commissioners of revenue; real estate assessments - A. The director of finance shall exercise all the powers...
§ 15.2-829. Same; powers of county treasurer; deposit of moneys - A. The director of finance shall also exercise the powers...
§ 15.2-830. Same; claims against counties; accounts - The director of finance shall audit all claims against the...
§ 15.2-831. Same; director as purchasing agent - The director of finance shall act as purchasing agent for...
§ 15.2-832. Same; assistants - The director may have such deputies or assistants in the...
§ 15.2-833. Same; obligations of chief assessing officer - The chief assessing officer shall be subject to the obligations...
§ 15.2-834. Department of public works - The director of public works shall be head of the...
§ 15.2-835. Department and board of social services - The superintendent of social services, who shall be head of...
§ 15.2-836. Department of law enforcement - The department of law enforcement shall consist of the attorney...
§ 15.2-836.1. Animal protection police officer - The department of police, if established in accordance with Chapter...
§ 15.2-837. Department of education - The department of education shall consist of the county school...
§ 15.2-838. Department of records - The department of records shall be under the supervision and...
§ 15.2-839. Department and board of health - The department of health shall consist of the county health...
§ 15.2-840. Department of assessments - A. The department of assessments, if and when established, shall...
§ 15.2-841. Department of farm and home demonstration - The department of farm and home demonstration shall consist of...
§ 15.2-842. Department of public safety - The department of public safety, if and when established, shall...
§ 15.2-843. Department of public utilities - The department of public utilities, if and when established, shall...
§ 15.2-844. Examination and audit of books and accounts - The board shall require an annual audit of the books...
§ 15.2-845. Schedule of compensation - The board shall establish a schedule of compensation for officers...
§ 15.2-846. Salaries and expenses of board members; administrative staff - The board shall establish the salaries and allowances of board...
§ 15.2-847. Budget; board to fix salaries and allowances - Each year at least two weeks before the board must...
§ 15.2-848. Compensation of officers and employees; fee system abolished - All county officers and employees shall be paid regular compensation...
§ 15.2-849. Establishing times and conditions of employment; personnel management, etc. - A. A county may establish and prescribe for all county...
§ 15.2-850. Bonds of officers - The urban county executive shall give bond payable to the...
§ 15.2-851. Expedited land development review procedure - A. A county may establish, by ordinance, a separate processing...
§ 15.2-851.1. Optional provisions of a subdivision ordinance - A. As an alternative to the requirements of the first...
§ 15.2-852. Disclosures in land use proceedings - A. Each individual member of the board of supervisors, the...
§ 15.2-853. Commission on human rights; human rights ordinance - A county may enact an ordinance prohibiting discrimination in housing,...
§ 15.2-854. Investigations - Whenever the commission on human rights has a reasonable cause...
§ 15.2-855. Division of county into districts; functions of districts; appointees to planning commission and school board - Within ninety days after the adoption of the urban county...
§ 15.2-856. Changes in boundaries of districts - After the publication of the official results of each United...
§ 15.2-857. Judicial review; mandamus - Whenever the board changes the boundaries, or increases or diminishes...
§ 15.2-858. Creation, enlargement, contraction, etc., of sanitary districts - A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no court shall...