CHAPTER 432

An Act to amend and reenact § 15.1-528, as amended, of the Code |
Virginia, relating to the election of chairman and vice chairman '
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 15.1-528, as amended, of the Code of Virginia be amended and
reenacted as follows:

§ 15.1-528. The board shall, at its first meeting after election, elect
one of its number as chairman, who shall preside at such meeting and all
other meetings during the term for which so elected, if present. The board
also may elect a vice chairman who shall, if so elected, preside at meetings
in the absence of the chairman and may discharge any other duty of the
chairman during his absence or disability. Chairmen and vice chairmen
may be so elected to serve for terms corresponding with their terms as
supervisors or may be elected annually. Whenever any board, at the time
of such election, shall fail to designate the specific term of office for which
a chairman or vice chairman is elected, it shall be presumed that such
chairman or vice chairman was so elected for a term of one year or until
his successor as chairman or vice chairman shall have been elected. Pro-
vided, however, that if any board of supervisors has been enlarged by the
election or appointment of additional members, as provided by law, during
the year immediately preceding the effective date of this act, the board
may, within ninety days after the effective date of this act elect a new
chairman and vice chairman. In the case of boards enlarged hereafter, the
board may within ninety days after the appointment or election of such
additional members, elect a new chairman and vice chairman. Chairmen
and vice chairmen may succeed themselves in office. In the case of the
absence from any meeting of the chairman and vice chairman, if any, the
members present shall choose one of their number as temporary chairman.
2. An emergency exists and this act is in force from its passage.