63.2-302 - How local board for a single county is constituted. - Virginia Statutes

§ 63.2-302. How local board for a single county is constituted.

The local board serving a single county shall be, at the discretion of thegoverning body of the county, either a local government official or a localboard consisting of residents of the county who are, except as provided in §63.2-303, appointed by the governing body of the county. If residents of thecounty constitute the local board, such board shall consist of three or moremembers. The governing body shall appoint a member of the board ofsupervisors to be one member of the local board, except in those cases wherethe board of supervisors has determined otherwise. When a member of the boardof supervisors who was appointed as a member of the local board ceases to bea member of the board of supervisors, his office as a member of the localboard shall also be vacated and another member of the board of supervisorsshall be appointed to fill such vacancy.

If a local government official constitutes the local board, he may designatea senior staff person in the local department to act in his behalf, in hisabsence, to approve, cancel or change grants made under the provisions ofthis title.

(Code 1950, §§ 63-52, 63-54, 63-56; 1952, c. 409; 1956, c. 126; 1966, c. 258;1968, cc. 467, 578, § 63.1-40; 1970, c. 465; 1972, cc. 147, 714; 1984, c.586; 2002, c. 747.)