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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>375634</law_id><section_number>63.2-331</section_number><catch_line>Counties with special forms of government</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="135" identifier="63.2">Welfare (Social Services)</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="I">General Provisions Relating to Social Services</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="3" identifier="3">Local Social Services</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="2" identifier="2">Local Departments and Local Directors of Social Services</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>In any county having a special form of government under which the governing body of the county would be the appointing authority of the <span class="dictionary">local board</span>, <span class="dictionary">local director</span>, and local employees, the governing body may, subject to the personnel standards and regulations of the Board, authorize the <span class="dictionary">local board</span> to exercise the powers relating to the employment of the <span class="dictionary">local director</span> and other employees required to administer this title in such county and the fixing of their compensation or authorize the <span class="dictionary">local board</span> to exercise such powers insofar as they relate to the <span class="dictionary">local director</span> and the <span class="dictionary">local director</span> to exercise such powers insofar as they relate to other employees required to administer this title in such county.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 63-85; 1954, c. 573; 1968, c. 578, &#xA7; 63.1-67; 2002, c. 747.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
