                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DIVISION OF COUNTY INTO DISTRICTS; FUNCTIONS OF DISTRICTS; APPOINTEES TO
PLANNING COMMISSION AND SCHOOL BOARD (§ 15.2-855)

Within ninety days after the adoption of the urban county executive form of
government, the board, after holding a public hearing thereon, shall divide the
county into from five to eleven districts. Each district shall be composed of
contiguous and compact territory and shall be so constituted as to give, as
nearly as is practicable, representation in proportion to the population in the
district.

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

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

HISTORY: 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.