CHAPTER 102

An Act to amend and reenact § 15-858, as amended, of the Code of Vir-
ginia, relating to certain duties of the county manager in certain
counties, embracing his duties with regard to the budget, public works
and other matters.

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Approved March 1, 1954
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 15-353, as amended, of the Code of Virginia be amended and
reenacted as follows:

§ 15-853. In addition to such other duties as are or may be pre-
scribed by law or directed by the board, the county manager in counties
having a population of five hundred or more per square mile shall each
year on or before March fifteenth prepare and submit to the board a tenta-
tive budget, prepared in accordance with the provisions of law in effect
governing the preparation of the county budget and showing in detail the
recommendations of the county manager for expenditures on each road
and bridge or for other purposes. Prior to May fifteenth, but not there-
after, the board may alter, amend or change any item reported by the
county manager, and shall set the rate for local levies of taxation on or
before May fifteenth of each year. In the event of the failure of the
board to act thereon, the tentative budget as prepared and submitted by
the county manager shall be deemed the county budget and be in full
force and effect, subject to the provisions of law as to the county budget.
After the county budget has become effective, no changes shall be made
in the allocations of funds as therein made, unless such change is recom-
mended by the county manager and approved by the board, provided,
that in no event shall any change of more than ten per centum be made
in any allocation.

The county manager shall be the executive and administrative officer
of the county in‘all matters relating to the public roads and bridges of
the county, and other public work and business of the county, except
public schools, and shall have general supervision and charge of all con-
struction and maintenance of the public roads, bridges and landings of
the county, and all public works and business of the county, except public
schools, and the purchase of all supplies, equipment and materials for
the roads, bridges and landings and other public works and business of
the county, and the employment of all superintendents, foremen and labor
therefor; provided, however, that the county board may, by ordinance,
prescribe rules and regulations for the purchase of all supplies, equipment
and materials for the roads, bridges and landings and other public works
and business of the county.

The county manager shall keep the board advised as to the financial
condition of the county, and at each regular meeting of the board he shall
present to the board an itemized statement of all expenditures made by
him since his last report, and on or before July fifteenth of each year
shall file with the clerk of the board an itemized statement showing the
amount expended on each road, bridge or for other purposes for the year
preceding, ending June thirtieth.