15.2-855 - Division of county into districts; functions of districts; appointees to planning commission and school board. - Virginia Statutes

§ 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 executive form ofgovernment, the board, after holding a public hearing thereon, shall dividethe county into from five to eleven districts. Each district shall becomposed of contiguous and compact territory and shall be so constituted asto give, as nearly as is practicable, representation in proportion to thepopulation in the district.

These districts shall serve as the electoral divisions for elections ofmembers of the urban county board of supervisors, and as sanitary districtsunder the provisions of Article 5 (§ 15.2-858), and shall have such otherfunctions as are specified herein.

Each district shall have at least one of its residents who is a qualifiedvoter of the district appointed to the local planning commission of thecounty and to the county school board. Each member of the county school boardshall be appointed for terms and serve in accordance with all the provisionsof § 15.2-837.

(Code 1950, § 15-384.74; 1960, c. 382; 1962, c. 623, § 15.1-787; 1966, c.464; 1968, c. 797; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 201; 1973, c. 545; 1997, c. 587.)