CODE OF VIRGINIA

GOVERNING BODY OF DISTRICT; TRUSTEES (§ 10.1-623)

The directors of the soil and water conservation district or districts in which
the watershed improvement district is situated shall be the governing body of
the watershed improvement district. They may appoint, in consultation with and
subject to the approval of the Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Board, three
trustees who shall be owners of land within the watershed improvement district.
The trustees shall exercise the administrative duties and powers delegated to
them by the directors of the soil and water conservation district or districts.
The trustees shall hold office at the will of the directors of the soil and
water conservation district or districts and the Virginia Soil and Water
Conservation Board. The trustees shall designate a chairman and may change such
designation. One of the trustees may be selected as treasurer and shall be
responsible for the safekeeping of the funds of the watershed improvement
district. When a watershed improvement district lies in more than one soil and
water conservation district, the directors of all such districts shall act
jointly as the governing body of the watershed improvement district.

HISTORY: 1956, c. 668, § 21-112.9; 1964, c. 512; 1970, c. 480; 1988, c. 891.